List of reptiles of the Canary Islands
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List of reptiles of the Canary Islands is an incomplete list of reptiles found in the Canary Islands. This list includes both endemic and introduced species.
Contents
Lizards
Family Gekkonidae
Species | Common name |
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Tarentola angustimentalis [e] | East Canary Gecko |
Tarentola boettgeri [e] | Boettger's Wall Gecko |
Tarentola delalandii [e] | Tenerife Gecko |
Tarentola gomerensis [e] | Gomero Wall Gecko |
Hemidactylus turcicus | Mediterranean House Gecko (or Turkish Gecko) |
Family Lacertidae
Species | Common name |
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Gallotia atlantica [e] | Atlantic Lizard (vulnerable) |
Gallotia caesaris [e] | Boettger's Lizard (rare on Greater Roque Salmor) |
Gallotia galloti [e] | West Canaries Lizard (or Tenerife Lizard) |
Gallotia simonyi machadoi [e] | EL Hierro Giant Lizard (critically endangered) |
Gallotia bravoana [e] | La Gomera Giant Lizard (critically endangered) |
Gallotia stehlini [e] | Giant Canary Giant Lizard (critically endangered) |
Gallotia auaritae [e] | La Palma Giant Lizard (critically endangered) |
Gallotia goliath [e] | Tenerife Giant Lizard (extinct, known from subfossil remains) |
Gallotia intermedia [e] | Tenerife Speckled Lizard (species discovered in 1996 & described in 1999, critically endangered) |
Family Scincidae
Species | Common name |
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Chalcides simonyi [e] | East Canary Skink |
Chalcides sexlineatus [e] | Gran Canaria Skink |
Chalcides viridanus [e] | West Canary Skink |
Turtles
Family Chelonidae
Species | Common name |
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Caretta caretta | Loggerhead sea turtle |
Chelonia mydas | Green Sea Turtle |
Eretmochelys imbricata | Atlantic Hawksbill |
Lepidochelys kempii | Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle |
Family Dermochelyidae
Species | Common name |
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Dermochelys coriacea | Leatherback sea turtle |
References
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- Amphibians and Reptiles in the Canary Islands, Focus on Nature