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 Budak's snake-eyed skink, Ablepharus budaki (Göçmen, Kumlutas & Tosunoglu, 1996) Eyed skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Forsskål, 1775) Schneider's skink, Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin, 1802) Bridled mabuya, Mabuya vittata (Olivier, 1804)
Snakes Family: Colubridae Large whip snake, Dolichophis jugularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Dwarf snake, Eirenis modestus (Martin, 1838) Cyprus whip snake, Hierophis cypriensis (Schätti, 1985) Coin snake, Hemorrhois nummifer (Reuss, 1834) Montpelier snake, Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) Cyprus grass snake, Natrix natrix cypriaca (Hecht, 1930) Dahl's whip snake, Platyceps najadum dahli (Linnaeus, 1758) Cat snake, Telescopus fallax cyprianus (Barbour & Amaral, 1927) 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)
See also Lists of reptiles by region
References
Cox, N. A. & Temple, H. J. (2009). European Red List of Reptiles. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
External links The Reptile Database www.lacerta.de