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List of reptiles of Morocco
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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 Photo *Crocodylus suchus* **extirpated** West African crocodile *Crocodylus niloticus* **extirpated** Nile crocodile
Lizards
Family Trogonophidae
Species Common name Photo *Trogonophis wiegmanni* Checkerboard worm lizard
Family Agamidae
Species Common name Photo *Agama bibronii* Bibron's agama *Trapelus mutabilis* Changeable agama *Uromastyx acanthinura* Bell's dab lizard / mastigure / spiny tailed agama *Uromastyx flavifasciata* Banded dob / mastigure *Uromastyx dispar* Malian dob *Uromastyx occidentalis* Western giant dob
Family Anguidae
Species Common name Photo *Ophisaurus koellikeri* Moroccan glass lizard
Family Chamaeleonidae
Species Common name Photo *Chamaeleo chamaeleon* Common chameleon
Family Gekkonidae
Species Common name Photo *Tarentola mauritanica* Moorish wall gecko *Tarentola boehmei* Böhme's gecko *Tarentola deserti* Desert wall gecko *Tarentola annularis* Ringed wall gecko *Tarentola ephippiata hoggarensis* Hoggar gecko *Tarentola chazaliae* Helmeted gecko *Hemidactylus turcicus* Turkish gecko *Hemidactylus brooki* Brook's gecko *Saurodactylus brosseti* Morocco lizard-fingered gecko *Stenodactylus petrii* Anderson's short-fingered gecko *Stenodactylus sthenodactylus* Lichtenstein's short-fingered gecko
Family Lacertidae
Species Common name Photo *Timon tangitanus* North African eyed lizard *Lacerta andreanskyi* Atlas dwarf lizard *Acanthodactylus boskianus* Bosc's fringe-toed lizard *Acanthodactylus erythrurus* Spiny-footed lizard *Acanthodactylus longipes* Long fringe-fingered lizard *Scelarcis perspicillata* Moroccan rock lizard *Podarcis hispanica vaucheri* Iberian wall lizard *Psammodromus algirus* Large psammodromus *Psammodromus blanci* Blanc's sand racer *Psammodromus microdactylus* Green psammodromus *Psammodromus hispanicus* Spanish psammodromus *Ophisops occidentalis* Mograbin snake-eyed lizard *Mesalina guttulata* Small spotted lizard *Mesalina olivieri* Olivier's small lizard *Mesalina pasteuri* Pasteur's small lizard *Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus* Atlas day gecko
Family Scincidae
Species Common name Photo *Chalcides mauritanicus* Two-fingered skink *Chalcides ocellatus* Ocellated skink *Eumeces algeriensis* Algerian skink
Family Varanidae
Species Common name Photo *Varanus griseus* Desert monitor
Snakes
Family Boidae
Species Common name Photo *Eryx jaculus* Javelin sand boa
Family Colubridae
Species Common name Photo *Coluber hippocrepis* Horseshoe snake *Coronella girondica* Southern smooth snake * Dasypeltis sahelensis* Egg-eating snake *Hemorrhois algirus intermedius* Algerian whip snake *Lamprophis fuliginosus* Common African house snake *Lytorhynchus diadema* Diadem sand-snake / common leaf-nosed snake / awl headed snake *Macroprotodon cucullatus* Western false smooth snake *Macroprotodon brevis* Hooded snake *Malpolon insignitus* Eastern Montpellier snake *Malpolon monspessulanus* Montpellier snake *Natrix maura* Viperine snake *Natrix natrix astreptophora* Ringed snake *Psammophis schokari* Schokar sand-snake *Scutophis moilensis* Moïla snake *Spalerosophis diadema cliffordi* Clifford's diadem snake *Spalerosophis dolichospilus* Mograbin diadem snake/long marked snake *Telescopus tripolitanus* North African catsnake
Family Elapidae
Species Common name Photo *Naja haje legionis* Egyptian cobra
Family Leptotyphlopidae
Species Common name Photo *Leptotyphlops algeriensis* Beaked thread-snake
Family Viperidae
Species Common name Photo *Bitis arietans* Puff adder *Cerastes cerastes* Horned viper *Cerastes vipera* Lesser cerastes *Echis leucogaster* White-bellied carpet viper *Daboia mauritanica* Moorish viper *Vipera latastei gaditana* Lataste's viper *Vipera monticola* Mountain viper
Turtles
Family Cheloniidae
Species Common name Photo url=http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf title=Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status journal=Chelonian Research Monographs volume=5 date=2011-12-31 author1=Rhodin, Anders G.J. author2=van Dijk, Peter Paul author3=Inverson, John B. author4=Shaffer, H. Bradley author5=Roger, Bour archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131102839/http://www.iucn-tftsg.org/wp-content/uploads/file/Accounts/crm_5_000_checklist_v4_2011.pdf archivedate=2012-01-31 url-status=dead }} Loggerhead sea turtle *Chelonia mydas* Green sea turtle *Eretmochelys imbricata* Hawksbill turtle *Lepidochelys kempii* Kemps ridley sea turtle *Lepidochelys olivacea* Olive ridley sea turtle
Family Dermochelyidae
Species Common name Photo *Dermochelys coriacea* Leatherback/leathery turtle
Family Emydidae
Species Common name Photo *Emys orbicularis occidentalis* European pond terrapin *Mauremys leprosa leprosa* Spanish terrapin *Mauremys leprosa saharica* Saharan pond turtle
Family Testudinidae
Species Common name Photo *Testudo graeca graeca* Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise *Testudo graeca marokkensis* Morocco tortoise *Testudo graeca soussensis* Souss valley tortoise
Worm lizards
Family Amphisbaenidae
Species Common name Photo *Blanus mettetali* Moroccan worm lizard *Blanus tingitanus* Tangier worm lizard
Family Trogonophidae
Species Common name Photo *Trogonophis wiegmanni wiegmanni* Sharp-tailed worm lizard *Trogonophis wiegmanni elegans* Sharp-tailed worm lizard
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