List of reptiles of the Canary Islands

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.

(I): Introduced

Order: Squamata

Lizards

Infraorder Gekkota

Family Phyllodactylidae

• East Canary gecko, Tarentola angustimentalis
• Boettger's wall gecko, Tarentola boettgeri
• Tenerife gecko, Tarentola delalandii
• Gomero wall gecko, Tarentola gomerensis

Family Gekkonidae

• Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (Gran Canaria and Tenerife) (I)

Superfamily Lacertoidea

Family Lacertidae

• Atlantic lizard, Gallotia atlantica
• Boettger's lizard, Gallotia caesaris
• West Canaries lizard, Gallotia galloti
• El Hierro giant lizard, Gallotia simonyi
• La Gomera giant lizard, Gallotia bravoana
• Gran Canaria giant lizard, Gallotia stehlini
• La Palma giant lizard, Gallotia auaritae
• Tenerife giant lizard, Gallotia goliath
• Tenerife speckled lizard, Gallotia intermedia

Infraorder Scincomorpha

Family Scincidae

• East Canary skink, Chalcides simonyi
• Gran Canaria skink, Chalcides sexlineatus
• West Canary skink, Chalcides viridanus
• La Gomera skink, Chalcides coeruleopunctatus

Infraorder Iguanomorpha

Family Chamaeleonidae

• Veiled chameleon, Chamaeleo calyptratus (I)

Snakes

Suborder Serpentes

Family Typhlopidae

• Brahminy blind snake, Indotyphlops braminus (I)

Family Colubridae

• California kingsnake, Lampropeltic californiae (I)

Order: Testudines

Turtles

Suborder Cryptodira

Family Emydidae

• Pond slider, Trachemys scripta (I)
• False map turtle, Graptemys pseudogeographica (I)

Family Testudinidae

• Tenerife giant tortoise, Centrochelys burchardi
• Gran Canaria giant tortoise, Centrochelys vulcanica

Family Cheloniidae

• Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta
• Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas
• Hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata
• Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii

Family Dermochelyidae

• Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea

See also

• List of mammals of the Canary Islands
• List of birds of the Canary Islands
• List of amphibians of the Canary Islands

References

• Amphibians and Reptiles in the Canary Islands, Focus on Nature