Λίστα ερπετών και αμφίβιων της Κύπρου - List of reptiles and amphibians of Cyprus

 Snakes

Macrovipera lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Xerotyphlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1799)

Hemorrhois nummifer (Reus, 1833) 

Dolichophis jugularis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Telescopus fallax cyprianus (Barbour & Amaral, 1927) 

Cyprus Grass snake - Natrix natrix cypriaca (Hecht, 1930) - Endemic subspecies of Cyprus

Hierophis cypriensis (Schätti, 1985) Κυπριακό φίδι - Endemic to Cyprus

Malpolon insignitus (Geoffroy in Savigny, 1827) 

Rhynchocalamus barani or Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus

Lizards

Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758)

Laudakia cypriaca (Linnaeus, 1758)  - Endemic to Cyprus

Phoenicolacerta troodica (Arnold et al. 2007) - Endemic to Cyprus

Trachylepis vittata (Olivier, 1804) 

Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) 

Mediodactylus kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870) 

Ablepharus budaki (Gӧcmen, Kumlutas & Tosunoglu, 1996)

Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal, 1775) 

Ophisops elegans (Menetries, 1832) 

Acanthodactylus schreiberi (Boulenger, 1878) 

Eumeces schneideri (Daudin, 1802) 

Turtles 

Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) 

Mauremys rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833)

Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) 

Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied-Neuwied, 1839) - Alien species to Cyprus

Amphibians

Hyla savignyi (Audouin, 1827) 

Pelophylax bedriagae (Camerano, 1882) 

Bufotes cypriensis Litvinchuk, Mazepa, Jablonski, and Dufresnes, 2019 - Endemic to Cyprus

By George Konstantinou  2023 - Email fanigeorge@hotmail.com