List of reptiles of Cyprus
# List of reptiles of Cyprus

There are several species of reptiles in Cyprus including venomous and non-venomous snakes, lizards and turtles.

## Lizards

Family: Agamidae

* Cyprus rock agama, Laudakia cypriaca (Daan, 1967)

Family: Chamaeleontida

* Mediterranean chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family: Gekkonidae

* Kotschy's gecko, Cyrtopodion kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870)
* Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family: Lacertidae

* Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, Acanthodactylus schreiberi (Boettger, 1878)
* Snake-eyed lizard, Ophisops elegans (Ménétriés, 1832)
* Troodos lizard, Phoenicolacerta troodica (Werner, 1936)

Family: Scincidae

* Bridled mabuya, Mabuya vittata (Olivier, 1804)
* Budak's snake-eyed skink, Ablepharus budaki (Göçmen, Kumlutas & Tosunoglu, 1996)
* Eyed skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Forsskål, 1775)
* Schneider's skink, Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin, 1802)

## Snakes

Family: Colubridae

* Cat snake, Telescopus fallax cyprianus (Barbour & Amaral, 1927)
* Coin snake, Hemorrhois nummifer (Reuss, 1834)
* Cyprus grass snake, Natrix natrix cypriaca (Hecht, 1930)
* Cyprus whip snake, Hierophis cypriensis (Schätti, 1985)
* Dahl's whip snake, Platyceps najadum dahli (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Dwarf snake, Eirenis modestus (Martin, 1838)
* Large whip snake, Dolichophis jugularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Montpelier snake, Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)

Family: Typhlopidae

* Worm snake, Typhlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820)

Family: Viperidae

* Cyprian blunt-nosed viper, Macrovipera lebetina lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758)

## Turtles

Family: Cheloniidae

* Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
* Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)

Family: Geoemydidae

* Western Caspian turtle, Mauremys caspica rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833)
