List of reptiles of Korea
Appearance
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This is a list of reptiles of Korea. It includes reptiles found on the Korean Peninsula as well as the adjoining waters and islands.
Turtles
[edit]Scientific name | Common English name | Common Korean name | Image | Distribution | Status |
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Caretta caretta | Loggerhead sea turtle | 붉은바다거북 (red sea turtle) | ![]() |
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Chelonia mydas | Green sea turtle | 바다거북 (sea turtle) | ![]() |
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Dermochelys coriacea | Leatherback sea turtle | 장수거북 (general or giant turtle) | ![]() |
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Chinemys reevesii | Chinese pond turtle | 남생이 (namsaengi) | |||
Trachemys scripta elegans | Red-eared slider | 붉은귀거북 (red eared tortoise) or 청거북 (blue tortoise) | ![]() |
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Pelodiscus sinensis | Chinese softshell turtle | 중국자라 (Chinese soft-shelled turtle) | ![]() |
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Pelodiscus maackii | Northern Chinese softshell turtle | 자라 (soft-shelled turtle) |
Lizards
[edit]Scientific name | Common English name | Common Korean name | Image | Distribution | Status |
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Gekko japonicus | Schlegel's Japanese gecko | 도마뱀붙이 (gecko) | |||
Plestiodon coreensis | Smith's skink | 장수도마뱀 (long-lived skink) | |||
Scincella vandenburghi | Korean skink | 도마뱀 (skink) | |||
Scincella huanrenensis | Huanren dwarf skink | 북도마뱀 (northern skink) | |||
Eremias argus | Mongolian racerunner | 표범장지뱀 (leopard lizard) |
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Takydromus amurensis | Amur grass lizard | 아무르장지뱀 (Amur lizard) | |||
Takydromus wolteri | White-striped grass lizard | 줄장지뱀 (stripped lizard) |
Snakes
[edit]Scientific name | Authority | Common English name | Common Korean name | Distribution |
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Dinodon rufozonatum rufozonatum[1] | Cantor | Red-banded snake | 능구렁이 | Throughout |
Elaphe davidi[2] | Sauvage, 1884 | David's ratsnake | 세줄무늬뱀 | Found in North Korea and likely occurs in adjacent areas of northwestern South Korea |
Elaphe dione[3] | Pallas | Steppe rat snake or Dione rat snake | 누룩뱀, 시루레기, 밀뱀 | Common throughout |
Elaphe schrenckii, Elaphe anomala[4] | Strauch | Amur rat snake, Korean rat snake, Russian rat snake | 먹구렁이 or 흑질백장 when black, 황구렁이 when brown/yellow | Common throughout mainland; not found on Jeju |
Elaphe taeniura taeniura[5] | Cope | Korean beauty snake | 줄꼬리뱀 | Found only in North Korea |
Gloydius brevicauda[6] | Stejneger, 1907 | Short-tailed mamushi | 살모사 | Throughout mainland; not found on Jeju |
Gloydius saxatilis[7] | Emelianov | Rock mamushi | 까치살모사 | In the higher reaches of the Taebaek and Sobaek Mountains |
Gloydius ussuriensis[8] | Emelianov | Ussuri mamushi | 쇠살모사 | Throughout |
Hebius vibakari ruthveni[9] | Van Denburgh | Asian keelback or Japanese keelback | 대륙유혈목이 | Most common in the south, particularly Jeju |
Hydrophis cyanocinctus[10] | Daudin, 1803 | Annulated sea snake | 얼룩바다뱀 | |
Hydrophis melanocephalus[11] | Gray, 1849 | Slender-necked sea snake | 먹대가리바다뱀 | |
Oocatochus rufodorsatus[12] | Cantor, 1842 | Chinese garter snake, frog-eating rat snake, or red-backed rat snake | 무자치, 무좌수, 물뱀, 떼뱀 | Throughout |
Orientocoluber spinalis[13] | Peters | Slender racer | 실뱀, 줄뱀 | Throughout; most common in the south |
Pelamis platurus[14] | Linnaeus, 1766 | Pelagic sea snake or yellow-bellied sea snake | 바다뱀 | |
Rhabdophis tigrinus tigrinus[15] | Boie | Tiger keelback | 유혈목이, 꽃뱀 | Common throughout |
Sibynophis collaris[16] | Gray | Black-headed snake or collared snake | 비바리뱀 | Jeju (discovered there in 1981) |
Vipera berus sachalinensis[17] | Common viper | 북살모사 | North Korea |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 127-129 (given as Dinodon rufozonatus rufozonatus).
- ^ Species Restoration Center (2005), #17.
- ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 135-136.
- ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 130-134.
- ^ Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea (2005). "The Amphibians and Reptiles of Our Land" (PDF) (in Korean).
- ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 140-148 (as Agkistrodon brevicaudus).
- ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 152-153 (as Agkistrodon saxatilis).
- ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 149-151 (as Agkistrodon ussuriensis).
- ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 115-117; Species Restoration Center (2005), #14.
- ^ Species Restoration Center (2005), #25.
- ^ Species Restoration Center (2005), #26.
- ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 137-139.
- ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 125-126.
- ^ Species Restoration Center (2005), #27.
- ^ Baek & Sim, pp. 118-122. Given as Rhabdophis tigrinus lateralis by Species Restoration Center (2005).
- ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 123-124. (given as Sibynophis chinensis in Jeju Island, #7, and Species Restoration Center (2005)).
- ^ Given as Vipera berus by Species Restoration Center (2005), #31.
References
[edit]- Baek Nam-geuk (백남극); Sim Jae-han (심재한) (1999). 뱀 (Baem, Snakes) (in Korean). Seoul: Jiseongsa. ISBN 89-7889-044-X.
- Jeju Island Nature Environment Ecology Information System (제주특별자치도자연환경생태정보). 척추동물:파총류 (in Korean). Retrieved 2006-09-20.
- 파충류 [List of Reptilian Fauna in Mt.jiri National Park]. Species Restoration Center (in Korean). 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-02-26. Retrieved 2006-09-20.