Herptofauna of Lesvos

Herptofauna of the Greek of Island of Lesvos. Apologies if taxa is not correct, many of these species were part of species splits and were under taxonomic change so it is a little challenging.

All 32

European Toad ¹
Bufo bufo

Roughtail Rock Agama ²
Stellagama stellio

European Glass Lizard ³
Pseudopus apodus

Marginated Tortoise ⁴
Testudo marginata

Mediterranean House Gecko ⁵
Hemidactylus turcicus

Snake-eyed Lizard ⁶
Ophisops elegans

Kotschy's Gecko ⁷
Mediodactylus kotschyi

Greek Tortoise ⁶
Testudo graeca

Caspian Whipsnake ⁷
Dolichophis caspius

Tessellated Water Snake ⁸
Natrix tessellata

European Pond Turtle ⁹
Emys orbicularis

Ottoman Viper ¹⁰
Montivipera xanthina

Western Caspian Turtle ¹¹
Mauremys rivulata

Eurasian Blind Snake ¹²
Xerotyphlops vermicularis

Western Montpellier Snake ¹³
Malpolon monspessulanus

grass snake ¹⁴
Natrix natrix

Javelin Sand Boa ⁶
Eryx jaculus

Dahl's Whip Snake ¹⁵
Platyceps najadum

European Copper Skink ¹⁶
Ablepharus kitaibelii

Ring-Headed Dwarf Snake ³
Eirenis modestus

European Ratsnake ¹⁰
Zamenis situla

Asian Racer ³
Hemorrhois nummifer

Loggerhead Sea Turtle ¹⁷
Caretta caretta

Eastern Tree Frog ³
Hyla orientalis

Rhodes Green lizard ⁶
Lacerta diplochondrodes

Eastern Spadefoot ¹⁸
Pelobates syriacus

Levant Green Frog ¹⁹
Pelophylax bedriagae

Variable Toad ²⁰
Bufotes sitibundus

Moorish Gecko ²¹
Tarentola mauritanica

Cat Snake ⁷
Telescopus fallax

Leatherback Sea Turtle ²²
Dermochelys coriacea

Green Sea Turtle ²³
Chelonia mydas

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Herptofauna of Lesvos

European Toad 1 Bufo bufo

Roughtail Rock Agama 2 Stellagama stellio

European Glass Lizard 3 Pseudopus apodus

Marginated Tortoise 4 Testudo marginata

Mediterranean House Gecko 5 Hemidactylus turcicus

Snake-eyed Lizard 6 Ophisops elegans

Kotschy's Gecko 7 Mediodactylus kotschyi

Greek Tortoise 6 Testudo graeca

Caspian Whipsnake 7 Dolichophis caspius

Tessellated Water Snake 8 Natrix tessellata

European Pond Turtle 9 Emys orbicularis

Ottoman Viper 10 Montivipera xanthina

Western Caspian Turtle 11 Mauremys rivulata

Eurasian Blind Snake 12 Xerotyphlops vermicularis

Western Montpellier Snake 13 Malpolon monspessulanus

grass snake 14 Natrix natrix

Javelin Sand Boa 6 Eryx jaculus

Dahl's Whip Snake 15 Platyceps najadum

European Copper Skink 16 Ablepharus kitaibelii

Ring-Headed Dwarf Snake 3 Eirenis modestus

European Ratsnake 10 Zamenis situla

Asian Racer 3 Hemorrhois nummifer

Loggerhead Sea Turtle 17 Caretta caretta

Eastern Tree Frog 3 Hyla orientalis

Rhodes Green lizard 6 Lacerta diplochondrodes

Eastern Spadefoot 18 Pelobates syriacus

Levant Green Frog 19 Pelophylax bedriagae

Variable Toad 20 Bufotes sitibundus

Moorish Gecko 21 Tarentola mauritanica

Cat Snake 7 Telescopus fallax

Leatherback Sea Turtle 22 Dermochelys coriacea

Green Sea Turtle 23 Chelonia mydas