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List of reptiles of the Canary Islands is an incomplete list of reptiles found in the Canary Islands. This list includes both endemic and introduced species.
Lizards
Family Gekkonidae
Species | Common name |
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Tarentola angustimentalis [e] | East Canary Gecko |
Tarentola boettgeri [e] | Boettger's Wall Gecko |
Tarentola delalandii [e] | Tenerife Gecko |
Tarentola gomerensis [e] | Gomero Wall Gecko |
Hemidactylus turcicus | Mediterranean House Gecko (or Turkish Gecko) |
Family Lacertidae
Species | Common name |
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Gallotia atlantica [e] | Atlantic Lizard (vulnerable) |
Gallotia caesaris [e] | Boettger's Lizard (rare on Greater Roque Salmor) |
Gallotia galloti [e] | West Canaries Lizard (or Tenerife Lizard) |
Gallotia simonyi machadoi [e] | EL Hierro Giant Lizard (critically endangered) |
Gallotia bravoana [e] | La Gomera Giant Lizard (critically endangered)
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Gallotia stehlini [e] | Giant Canary Giant Lizard (critically endangered) |
Gallotia auaritae [e] | La Palma Giant Lizard (critically endangered) |
Gallotia goliath [e] | Tenerife Giant Lizard (extinct, known from subfossil remains) |
Gallotia intermedia [e] | Tenerife Speckled Lizard {species discovered in 1996 & described in 1999, critically endangered) |
Family Scincidae
Species | Common name |
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Chalcides simonyi [e] | East Canary Skink |
Chalcides sexlineatus [e] | Gran Canaria Skink |
Chalcides viridanus [e] | West Canary Skink |
Turtles
Family Chelonidae
Species | Common name |
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Caretta caretta | Loggerhead sea turtle |
Chelonia mydas | Green Sea Turtle |
Eretmochelys imbricata | Atlantic Hawksbill |
Lepidochelys kempii | Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle |
Family Dermochelyidae
Species | Common name |
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Dermochelys coriacea | Leatherback sea turtle |
References
- Pleguezuelos, J.M. ; Márquez, R.; Lizana, M. (2002). "Atlas y Libro Rojo de los anfibios y reptiles de España. Madrid: Dirección General de Conservación de la naturaleza; Asociación Herpetológica Española; Organismo Autónomo Parques Nacionales".
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