Reptiles of the
Portuguese mainland [Portugal]

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Checklist
General remarks: The list includes only formally described species. Newly discovered, but still unnamed species are excluded. However, unnamed species or species unassigned to species level are included, if they are the only representatives of their genus in the region. Species counts exclude extinct and introduced species. Doubtful records, typically older voucher specimens of uncertain origin, have been excluded if considered questionable, as are records based on sources considered unreliable or controversial.
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Worm Lizards (Amphisbaenia)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Blanidae (Mediterranean Worm Lizards)
Genus Blanus (Mediterranean Worm Lizards)
 
Blanus cinereus

Southwest Iberian Worm Lizard

Albert & Fernandez 2009 [as B. mariae] Ceriaco & Bauer 2018 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 [as B. mariae] Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 [as B. mariae]
 
Blanus vandellii

Central Iberian Worm Lizard

Albert & Fernandez 2009 [as cinereus] Ceriaco & Bauer 2018 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 [as B. cinereus]

Lizards (Sauria)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Anguidae (Slowworms, etc.)
Genus Anguis (Slowworms)
 
Anguis fragilis

Western European Slowworm

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Dely in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Malkmus 2004
 Family Chamaeleonidae (Chameleons)
Genus Chamaeleo (Typical Chameleons)
 
Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Mediterranean Chameleon

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Glaw 2015 Klaver & Boehme 1997 Klaver in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Malkmus 2004 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Tilbury 2010
 Family Gekkonidae (Typical Geckos)
Genus Hemidactylus (Half-toed Geckos)
 
Hemidactylus turcicus

Turkish Half-toed Gecko

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Malkmus 2004 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Sousa & Marques 2021
 Family Lacertidae (Typical Lizards)
Genus Acanthodactylus (Fringe-toed Lizards)
 
Acanthodactylus erythrurus

Red-tailed Fringe-toed Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Arnold 1983 Berre 1989 Malkmus 2004 Salvador 1982 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Iberolacerta (Southern European Rock Lizards)
 
Iberolacerta monticola

West Iberian Rock Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Arribas, Carranza & Odierna 2006 Malkmus 2004 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Lacerta (Eurasian Green Lizards)
 
Lacerta schreiberi

Iberian Green Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Malkmus 2004 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Podarcis (Wall Lizards)
 
Podarcis bocagei

Northwest Iberian Wall Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Malkmus 2004 Perez-Mellado in Boehme (ed.) 1986 Sa-Sousa & Harris 2002 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Podarcis carbonelli

Southwest Iberian Wall Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Malkmus 2004 Sa-Sousa & Harris 2002 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Podarcis lusitanicus

Lusitanian Wall Lizard

Caeiro-Dias, Rocha, Couto, Pereira, Brelsford, Crochet & Pinho 2021 Geniez, Sa-Sousa, Guillaume, Cluchier & Crochet 2014 Malkmus 2004 [as "hispanicus, type 1"] Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Podarcis virescens

Green Wall Lizard

Geniez, Sa-Sousa, Guillaume, Cluchier & Crochet 2014 Malkmus 2004 [as "hispanicus, type 2"] Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Psammodromus (Western Mediterranean Sand Lizards)
 
Psammodromus algirus

Greater Sand Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Bischoff & Bosch 1991 Boehme in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Malkmus 2004 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Psammodromus occidentalis

Western Iberian Sand Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 [as hispanicus] Bischoff & Bosch 1991 [as hispanicus] Fitze, Gonzalez-Jimena, San-Jose, Mauro & Zardoya 2012 Malkmus 2004 [as hispanicus] Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1981 [as hispanicus] Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 [as hispanicus] Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Timon (Ocellated Lizards)
 
Timon lepidus

Northern Ocellated Lizard

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Bischoff 1996 Bischoff, Cheylan & Boehme in Boehme (ed.) 1984 Malkmus 2004 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Phyllodactylidae (Leaf-toed Geckos)
Genus Tarentola (Wall Geckos)
 
Tarentola mauritanica

Moorish Wall Gecko

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Malkmus 2004 Rieppel in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Scincidae (Skinks)
Genus Chalcides (Cylindrical Skinks)
 
Chalcides bedriagai

Spanish Cylindrical Skink

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2008 Malkmus 2004 Salvador in Boehme (ed.) 1981 Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Chalcides striatus

Western Three-toed Cylindrical Skink

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Busack 1986 [as C. chalcides] Caputo & Odierna 1992 Malkmus 2004 Orsini & Cheylan in Boehme (ed.) 1981 [as C. chalcides]

Snakes (Serpentes)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Colubridae (Typical Snakes or Colubrids)
Genus Coronella (Palearctic Smooth Snakes)
 
Coronella austriaca

Northern Smooth Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Engelmann in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Geniez 2018 Jablonski, Nagy, Avci, Olgun, Kukushkin, Safaei-Mahroo & Jandzik 2019 Malkmus 2004
 
Coronella girondica

Southern Smooth Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Dusej in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Geniez 2018 Malkmus 2004 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Hemorrhois (Palearctic Whip Snakes)
 
Hemorrhois hippocrepis

Horseshoe Whip Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Geniez 2018 Malkmus 2004 Schatti in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
Genus Macroprotodon (False Smooth Snakes)
 
Macroprotodon brevis

Western False Smooth Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Busack & McCoy 1990 Geniez 2018 Joger in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Malkmus 2004 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Vasconcelos & Harris 2006 Wade 1988
Genus Natrix (Eurasian Keelbacks)
 
Natrix astreptophora

Iberian Grass Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 [as natrix] Arnold & Ovenden 2002 Geniez 2018 Kabisch in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Kindler, Boehme, Corti, Gvozdik, Jablonski, Jandzik, Metallinou, Siroky & Fritz 2013 Malkmus 2004 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 
Natrix maura

Viperine Grass Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Geniez 2018 Kramer & Schnurrenberger 1963 Malkmus 2004 Schatti in Boehme (ed.) 1999 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Steward 1971
Genus Zamenis (Western Palearctic Rat Snakes)
 
Zamenis scalaris

Ladder Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Cheylan & Guillaume in Boehme (ed.) 1993 Geniez 2018 Malkmus 2004 Schulz 1996 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Lamprophiidae (House Snakes, etc.)
Genus Malpolon (Montpellier Snakes)
 
Malpolon monspessulanus

Western Montpellier Snake

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Geniez 2018 Malkmus 2004 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016
 Family Viperidae (Vipers)
Genus Vipera (Typical Vipers or Adders)
 
Vipera latastei

Snub-nosed Viper

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 David & Ineich 1999 Geniez 2018 Malkmus 2004 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016 Stumpel, Brito & Saint-Girons in Joger & Stumpel 2005
 
Vipera seoanei

Northern Iberian Viper

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Brito & Saint-Girons 2005 David & Ineich 1999 David & Vogel 2010 Geniez 2018 Malkmus 2004 McDiarmid, Campbell & Toure 1999 Sindaco, Venchi & Grieco 2013 Speybroeck, Beukema, Bok & Voort 2016

Turtles (Testudines)
= endemicEX = extinct or assumed extinct

Species
References
 Family Cheloniidae (Hard-shelled Sea Turtles)
Genus Caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
 
Caretta caretta

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

Gramentz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 King & Burke 1989 Malkmus 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
Genus Chelonia (Green Sea Turtle)
 
Chelonia mydas

Green Sea Turtle

King & Burke 1989 Malkmus 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Dermochelyidae (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
Genus Dermochelys (Leatherback Sea Turtle)
 
Dermochelys coriacea

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Frazier, Gramentz & Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2005 King & Burke 1989 Malkmus 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Emydidae (Western Pond Turtles)
Genus Emys (European Pond Turtles)
 
Emys orbicularis

Common European Pond Turtle

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Fritz in Fritz (ed.) 2001 Iverson 1992 King & Burke 1989 Malkmus 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021
 Family Geoemydidae (Eastern Pond Turtles)
Genus Mauremys (Stripe-necked Turtles)
 
Mauremys leprosa

Western Mediterranean Pond Turtle

Aragon-Rebollo, Pierna-Chamorro, Aragon-Rebollo & Hernandez-Estevez 2006 Bertolero & Busack 2017 Iverson 1992 Keller & Busack in Fritz (ed.) 2001 King & Burke 1989 Malkmus 2004 Rhodin, Iverson, Bour, Fritz, Georges, Shaffer & Dijk 2021