List of reptiles of Morocco

This list of reptiles of Morocco is an incomplete collection of reptiles found in Morocco.

Endemic species Introduced species

Crocodilians

Family Crocodylidae

Species Common name PhotoCrocodylus suchus extirpatedWest African crocodileCrocodylus niloticus extirpatedNile crocodile

Lizards

Family Trogonophidae Species Common name PhotoTrogonophis wiegmanniCheckerboard worm lizard

Family Agamidae Species Common name PhotoAgama bibroniiBibron's agamaTrapelus mutabilisChangeable agamaUromastyx acanthinura Bell's dab lizard / mastigure / spiny tailed agamaUromastyx flavifasciataBanded dob / mastigureUromastyx disparMalian dobUromastyx occidentalisWestern giant dob

Family Anguidae Species Common name PhotoOphisaurus koellikeri Moroccan glass lizard

Family Chamaeleonidae

Species Common name PhotoChamaeleo chamaeleonCommon chameleon

Family Gekkonidae

Species Common name PhotoTarentola mauritanicaMoorish wall geckoTarentola boehmeiBöhme's geckoTarentola desertiDesert wall geckoTarentola annularisRinged wall geckoTarentola ephippiata hoggarensisHoggar geckoTarentola chazaliaeHelmeted geckoHemidactylus turcicusTurkish geckoHemidactylus brookiBrook's geckoSaurodactylus brossetiMorocco lizard-fingered geckoStenodactylus petriiAnderson's short-fingered geckoStenodactylus sthenodactylusLichtenstein's short-fingered gecko

Family Lacertidae

Species Common name PhotoTimon tangitanusNorth African eyed lizardLacerta andreanskyiAtlas dwarf lizardAcanthodactylus boskianusBosc's fringe-toed lizardAcanthodactylus erythrurusSpiny-footed lizardAcanthodactylus longipesLong fringe-fingered lizardScelarcis perspicillataMoroccan rock lizardPodarcis hispanica vaucheriIberian wall lizardPsammodromus algirusLarge psammodromusPsammodromus blanciBlanc's sand racerPsammodromus microdactylusGreen psammodromusPsammodromus hispanicusSpanish psammodromusOphisops occidentalisMograbin snake-eyed lizardMesalina guttulataSmall spotted lizardMesalina olivieriOlivier's small lizardMesalina pasteuriPasteur's small lizardQuedenfeldtia trachyblepharusAtlas day gecko

Family Scincidae Species Common name PhotoChalcides mauritanicusTwo-fingered skinkChalcides ocellatusOcellated skinkEumeces algeriensis Algerian skink

Family Varanidae Species Common name PhotoVaranus griseus Desert monitor

Snakes

Family Boidae

Species Common name PhotoEryx jaculusJavelin sand boa

Family Colubridae

Species Common name PhotoColuber hippocrepisHorseshoe snakeCoronella girondica Southern smooth snake Dasypeltis sahelensis Egg-eating snakeHemorrhois algirus intermediusAlgerian whip snakeLamprophis fuliginosus Common African house snakeLytorhynchus diadema Diadem sand-snake / common leaf-nosed snake / awl headed snakeMacroprotodon cucullatus Western false smooth snake Macroprotodon brevis Hooded snakeMalpolon insignitus Eastern Montpellier snakeMalpolon monspessulanus Montpellier snakeNatrix maura Viperine snakeNatrix natrix astreptophora Ringed snakePsammophis schokari Schokar sand-snakeScutophis moilensis Moïla snakeSpalerosophis diadema cliffordi Clifford's diadem snakeSpalerosophis dolichospilus Mograbin diadem snake/long marked snakeTelescopus tripolitanus North African catsnake

Family Elapidae

Species Common name PhotoNaja haje legionisEgyptian cobra

Family Leptotyphlopidae Species Common name PhotoLeptotyphlops algeriensisBeaked thread-snake

Family Viperidae

Species Common name PhotoBitis arietansPuff adderCerastes cerastesHorned viperCerastes vipera Lesser cerastesEchis leucogasterWhite-bellied carpet viperDaboia mauritanica Moorish viperVipera latastei gaditana Lataste's viperVipera monticola Mountain viper

Turtles

Family Cheloniidae Species Common name PhotoCaretta carettaLoggerhead sea turtleChelonia mydasGreen sea turtleEretmochelys imbricataHawksbill turtleLepidochelys kempiiKemps ridley sea turtleLepidochelys olivaceaOlive ridley sea turtle

Family Dermochelyidae Species Common name PhotoDermochelys coriaceaLeatherback/leathery turtle

Family Emydidae Species Common name PhotoEmys orbicularis occidentalisEuropean pond terrapinMauremys leprosa leprosaSpanish terrapinMauremys leprosa saharicaSaharan pond turtle

Family Testudinidae Species Common name PhotoTestudo graeca graecaMediterranean spur-thighed tortoiseTestudo graeca marokkensisMorocco tortoiseTestudo graeca soussensisSouss valley tortoise

Worm lizards

Family Amphisbaenidae

Species Common name PhotoBlanus mettetali Moroccan worm lizardBlanus tingitanus Tangier worm lizard

Family Trogonophidae Species Common name PhotoTrogonophis wiegmanni wiegmanniSharp-tailed worm lizardTrogonophis wiegmanni elegansSharp-tailed worm lizard

References

External links Amphibians and Reptiles from Morocco