List of reptiles of Italy

The Italian reptile fauna totals 58 species (including introduced and naturalised species). They are listed here in three systematic groups (Sauria, Serpentes, and Testudines) in alphabetical order by scientific name.

The following tags are used to highlight each species' IUCN Red List status as published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:

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 – 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)

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