List of reptiles of Great Britain

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Ten or eleven species of reptiles occur in Great Britain: three^[1] snakes and three lizards, which were established at the time of the last ice age. Additionally, Britain has a number of introduced species which have become naturalized in their new environments.

Sea turtles have been recorded as coastal vagrants and the red-eared terrapin occurs as an introduced species.

Snakes[]

• Adder, Vipera berus
• Barred grass snake, Natrix helvetica^[2][a]
• Smooth snake, Coronella austriaca

Lizards[]

• Slowworm, Anguis fragilis
• Viviparous (or common) lizard, Zootoca vivipara
• Sand lizard, Lacerta agilis

Sea turtles[]

• Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea – foraging^[3]
• Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta – vagrant^[4]
• Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas – vagrant^[5]
• Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata – vagrant^[5]
• Kemp's ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys kempii – vagrant^[5]
• Olive ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys olivacea – vagrant^[6]

Introduced species[]

• Red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta elegans^[7][8]
• European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis^[9]
• Common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis^[10]
• Western green lizard, Lacerta bilineata^[11]
• Aesculapian snake, Zamenis longissimus^[12][13]
• Grass snake, Natrix natrix^{[citation needed]}

References[]

Notes[]

See also[]

• Lists of reptiles by region

External links[]

• British Reptiles from wildlifetrust.org.uk
• RAUK Identification Guide
• Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (2011-12-31). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF). Chelonian Research Monographs. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-01-31.
• Wilkinson, J.W., Baker, J. and Foster, J. Priorities for Non-Native Amphibians and Reptiles in the UK. ARC Research Report 11/02.