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

Asian Racer ¹
Hemorrhois nummifer

Caspian Whipsnake ²
Dolichophis caspius

Cat Snake ²
Telescopus fallax

Dahl's Whip Snake ³
Platyceps najadum

Eastern Spadefoot ⁴
Pelobates syriacus

Eastern Tree Frog ¹
Hyla orientalis

Eurasian Blind Snake ⁵
Xerotyphlops vermicularis

European Copper Skink ⁶
Ablepharus kitaibelii

European Glass Lizard ¹
Pseudopus apodus

European Pond Turtle ⁷
Emys orbicularis

European Ratsnake ⁸
Zamenis situla

European Toad ⁹
Bufo bufo

Greek Tortoise ¹⁰
Testudo graeca

Green Sea Turtle ¹¹
Chelonia mydas

Javelin Sand Boa ¹⁰
Eryx jaculus

Kotschy's Gecko ²
Mediodactylus kotschyi

Leatherback Sea Turtle ¹²
Dermochelys coriacea

Levant Green Frog ¹³
Pelophylax bedriagae

Loggerhead Sea Turtle ¹⁴
Caretta caretta

Marginated Tortoise ¹⁵
Testudo marginata

Mediterranean House Gecko ¹⁶
Hemidactylus turcicus

Moorish Gecko ¹⁷
Tarentola mauritanica

Ottoman Viper ⁸
Montivipera xanthina

Rhodes Green lizard ¹⁰
Lacerta diplochondrodes

Ring-Headed Dwarf Snake ¹
Eirenis modestus

Roughtail Rock Agama ¹⁸
Stellagama stellio

Snake-eyed Lizard ¹⁰
Ophisops elegans

Tessellated Water Snake ¹⁹
Natrix tessellata

Variable Toad ²⁰
Bufotes sitibundus

Western Caspian Turtle ²¹
Mauremys rivulata

Western Montpellier Snake ²²
Malpolon monspessulanus

grass snake ²³
Natrix natrix

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Herptofauna of Lesvos

Asian Racer 1 Hemorrhois nummifer

Caspian Whipsnake 2 Dolichophis caspius

Cat Snake 2 Telescopus fallax

Dahl's Whip Snake 3 Platyceps najadum

Eastern Spadefoot 4 Pelobates syriacus

Eastern Tree Frog 1 Hyla orientalis

Eurasian Blind Snake 5 Xerotyphlops vermicularis

European Copper Skink 6 Ablepharus kitaibelii

European Glass Lizard 1 Pseudopus apodus

European Pond Turtle 7 Emys orbicularis

European Ratsnake 8 Zamenis situla

European Toad 9 Bufo bufo

Greek Tortoise 10 Testudo graeca

Green Sea Turtle 11 Chelonia mydas

Javelin Sand Boa 10 Eryx jaculus

Kotschy's Gecko 2 Mediodactylus kotschyi

Leatherback Sea Turtle 12 Dermochelys coriacea

Levant Green Frog 13 Pelophylax bedriagae

Loggerhead Sea Turtle 14 Caretta caretta

Marginated Tortoise 15 Testudo marginata

Mediterranean House Gecko 16 Hemidactylus turcicus

Moorish Gecko 17 Tarentola mauritanica

Ottoman Viper 8 Montivipera xanthina

Rhodes Green lizard 10 Lacerta diplochondrodes

Ring-Headed Dwarf Snake 1 Eirenis modestus

Roughtail Rock Agama 18 Stellagama stellio

Snake-eyed Lizard 10 Ophisops elegans

Tessellated Water Snake 19 Natrix tessellata

Variable Toad 20 Bufotes sitibundus

Western Caspian Turtle 21 Mauremys rivulata

Western Montpellier Snake 22 Malpolon monspessulanus

grass snake 23 Natrix natrix