List of reptiles of Italy

Sauria (lizards)

• Algyroides fitzingeri – Fitzinger's algyroides (endemic to Sardinia and Corsica)
• Algyroides nigropunctatus – blue-throated keeled lizard
• Anguis fragilis – common slowworm
• Anguis veronensis – Italian slowworm
• Archaeolacerta bedriagae – Bedriaga's rock lizard
• Chalcides chalcides – Italian three-toed skink
• Chalcides striatus – western three-toed skink
• Chalcides ocellatus – ocellated skink
• Chamaeleo chamaeleon – Mediterranean chameleon
• Cyrtopodion kotschyi – tree gecko
• Euleptes europaea – European leaf-toed gecko
• Hemidactylus turcicus – Mediterranean house gecko
• Iberolacerta horvathi – Horvath's rock lizard
• Lacerta agilis – sand lizard
• Lacerta bilineata – western green lizard
• Lacerta viridis – European green lizard
• Podarcis filfolensis – Filfola lizard
• Podarcis melisellensis – Dalmatian wall lizard
• Podarcis muralis – common wall lizard
• Podarcis raffonei – Aeolian wall lizard
• Podarcis siculus – Italian wall lizard
• Podarcis tiliguerta – Tyrrhenian wall lizard
• Podarcis waglerianus – Sicilian wall lizard (endemic to Sicily)
• Psammodromus algirus – large psammodromus
• Pseudopus apodus – European legless lizard, sheltopusik
• Tarentola mauritanica – Moorish wall gecko
• Timon lepidus – ocellated lizard
• Zootoca vivipara – viviparous lizard

Serpentes (snakes)

• Coronella austriaca – smooth snake
• Coronella girondica – Riccioli's snake, southern smooth snake
• Elaphe quatuorlineata – four-lined snake
• Eryx jaculus - javelin sand boa
• Hemorrhois hippocrepis – horseshoe whip snake
• Hierophis gemonensis - Balkan whip snake
• Hierophis viridiflavus - green whip snake
• Macroprotodon cucullatus – false smooth snake
• Malpolon monspessulanus – Montpellier snake
• Natrix helvetica – grass snake
• Natrix maura – viperine snake
• Natrix tessellata – dice snake
• Telescopus fallax – European cat snake
• Vipera (Rhinaspis) ammodytes – horned viper
• Vipera (Rhinaspis) aspis – asp viper
• Vipera (Pelias) berus – European adder
• Vipera (Acridophaga) ursinii – Orsini's viper
• Vipera walser - Walser's viper
• Zamenis lineatus – Italian Aesculapian snake (endemic to Italy)
• Zamenis longissimus – Aesculapian snake
• Zamenis situla – European ratsnake

Testudines (turtles and tortoises)

• Caretta caretta – loggerhead sea turtle
• Chelonia mydas – green sea turtle
• Chelydra serpentina – common snapping turtle (introduced)
• Dermochelys coriacea – leatherback sea turtle
• Emys orbicularis
  • Emys orbicularis orbicularis – European pond turtle
  • Emys orbicularis galloitalica – Franco-Italian pond turtle
  • Emys orbicularis hellenica – Hellenic pond turtle
  • Emys orbicularis ingauna – Ligurian pond turtle
• Emys trinacris – Sicilian pond turtle
• Lepidochelys kempii – Kemp's ridley sea turtle
• Testudo graeca – spur-thighed tortoise
• Testudo hermanni – Hermann's tortoise
• Testudo marginata – marginated tortoise
• Trachemys scripta elegans – red-eared slider (introduced)

References

References

1. Squires, Nick. (31 December 2015). "Scientists in Italy rediscover snake that was used by ancient Greeks as a weapon of war". The Telegraph.
2. (31 December 2011). "Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status". Chelonian Research Monographs.