List of reptiles of Lebanon

This is a list of reptiles found in Lebanon.

Emydid turtles

• Balkan terrapin, Mauremys rivulata

Land tortoises

• , Testudo antakyensis
• , Testudo floweri
• Greek tortoise, Testudo graeca

Marine turtles

• Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta
• Green turtle, Chelonia mydas

Softshell turtles

• Nile softshell turtle, Trionyx triunguis

Agamid lizards

• Rough-tailed rock agama, Stellagama stellio

Chameleons

• Mediterranean chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Geckos

• Levant fan-fingered gecko, Ptyodactylus puiseuxi
• Kotschy's gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi
• Turkish gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus

Lacertid lizards

• Giant fringe-fingered lizard, Acanthodactylus grandis
• Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, Acanthodactylus schreiberi
• Lebanon fringe-fingered lizard, Acanthodactylus tristrami
• Wall lizard, Podarcis muralis
• Fraas's lizard, Parvilacerta fraasii
• Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
• Lebanon lizard, Phoenicolacerta laevis
• Levant green lizard, Lacerta media
• Blanford's short-nosed desert lizard, Mesalina brevirostris
• European snake-eyed lizard, Ophisops elegans

Skinks

• European copper skink, Ablepharus kitaibelii
• Ocellated skink, Chalcides ocellatus
• Bridled skink, Heremites vittatus
• Schneider's skink, Eumeces schneiderii
• Lataste's snake skink, Ophiomorus latastii
• Golden grass mabuya, Heremites auratus

Legless lizards

• European glass lizard, Pseudopus apodus

Monitor lizards

• Desert monitor, Varanus griseus

Amphisbaenids

• Turkish worm lizard, Blanus strauchi

Blind snakes

• European blind snake, Xerotyphlops vermicularis

Pythons and boas

• Caucasian sand boa, Eryx jaculus

Colubrid snakes

• Black whipsnake, Dolichophis jugularis
• Coin-marked snake, Hemorrhois nummifer
• , Platyceps rogersi
• Red whip snake, Platyceps collaris
• Eirenis decemlineatus, Eirenis decemlineatus
• Eirenis levantinus
• Asia Minor dwarf racer, Eirenis modestus
• Transcaucasian ratsnake, Zamenis hohenackeri
• Montpellier snake, Malpolon monspessulanus
• Dice snake, Natrix tessellata
• European tiger snake, Telescopus fallax

Elapids

• Black desert cobra, Walterinnesia aegyptia

Burrowing asps

• Israeli mole viper, Atractaspis engaddensis
• Müller's two-headed snake, Micrelaps muelleri

Vipers and pit vipers

• Lebanon viper, Montivipera bornmuelleri
• Levant viper, Macrovipera lebetinus
• Sand viper, Vipera ammodytes
• Palestine viper, Daboia palaestinae

References[]

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070927031259/http://www.shoufcedar.org/mamal.asp
• https://web.archive.org/web/20070107080429/http://en.arocha.org/lbaammiq/index4.html
• http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/search.php?freetext=&modifier=phrase&criteria=wholedb&taxa_species=1&redlistCategory%5B%5D=all&redlistAssessyear%5B%5D=all&country%5B%5D=LB&aquatic%5B%5D=all&regions%5B%5D=all&habitats%5B%5D=all&threats%5B%5D=all&Submit.x=47&Submit.y=6
• http://www.unep-wcmc.org/isdb/Taxonomy/country.cfm?displaylanguage=ENG&search=all&Country=LB