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 Copper Skink ¹
Ablepharus kitaibelii

European Toad ²
Bufo bufo

Variable Toad ³
Bufotes sitibundus

Loggerhead Sea Turtle ⁴
Caretta caretta

Green Sea Turtle ⁵
Chelonia mydas

Leatherback Sea Turtle ⁶
Dermochelys coriacea

Caspian Whipsnake ⁷
Dolichophis caspius

Ring-Headed Dwarf Snake ⁸
Eirenis modestus

European Pond Turtle ⁹
Emys orbicularis

Javelin Sand Boa ¹⁰
Eryx jaculus

Mediterranean House Gecko ¹¹
Hemidactylus turcicus

Asian Racer ⁸
Hemorrhois nummifer

Eastern Tree Frog ⁸
Hyla orientalis

Rhodes Green lizard ¹⁰
Lacerta diplochondrodes

Western Montpellier Snake ¹²
Malpolon monspessulanus

Western Caspian Turtle ¹³
Mauremys rivulata

Kotschy's Gecko ⁷
Mediodactylus kotschyi

Ottoman Viper ¹⁴
Montivipera xanthina

grass snake ¹⁵
Natrix natrix

Tessellated Water Snake ¹⁶
Natrix tessellata

Snake-eyed Lizard ¹⁰
Ophisops elegans

Eastern Spadefoot ¹⁷
Pelobates syriacus

Levant Green Frog ¹⁸
Pelophylax bedriagae

Dahl's Whip Snake ¹⁹
Platyceps najadum

European Glass Lizard ⁸
Pseudopus apodus

Roughtail Rock Agama ²⁰
Stellagama stellio

Moorish Gecko ²¹
Tarentola mauritanica

Cat Snake ⁷
Telescopus fallax

Greek Tortoise ¹⁰
Testudo graeca

Marginated Tortoise ²²
Testudo marginata

Eurasian Blind Snake ²³
Xerotyphlops vermicularis

European Ratsnake ¹⁴
Zamenis situla

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Herptofauna of Lesvos

European Copper Skink 1 Ablepharus kitaibelii

European Toad 2 Bufo bufo

Variable Toad 3 Bufotes sitibundus

Loggerhead Sea Turtle 4 Caretta caretta

Green Sea Turtle 5 Chelonia mydas

Leatherback Sea Turtle 6 Dermochelys coriacea

Caspian Whipsnake 7 Dolichophis caspius

Ring-Headed Dwarf Snake 8 Eirenis modestus

European Pond Turtle 9 Emys orbicularis

Javelin Sand Boa 10 Eryx jaculus

Mediterranean House Gecko 11 Hemidactylus turcicus

Asian Racer 8 Hemorrhois nummifer

Eastern Tree Frog 8 Hyla orientalis

Rhodes Green lizard 10 Lacerta diplochondrodes

Western Montpellier Snake 12 Malpolon monspessulanus

Western Caspian Turtle 13 Mauremys rivulata

Kotschy's Gecko 7 Mediodactylus kotschyi

Ottoman Viper 14 Montivipera xanthina

grass snake 15 Natrix natrix

Tessellated Water Snake 16 Natrix tessellata

Snake-eyed Lizard 10 Ophisops elegans

Eastern Spadefoot 17 Pelobates syriacus

Levant Green Frog 18 Pelophylax bedriagae

Dahl's Whip Snake 19 Platyceps najadum

European Glass Lizard 8 Pseudopus apodus

Roughtail Rock Agama 20 Stellagama stellio

Moorish Gecko 21 Tarentola mauritanica

Cat Snake 7 Telescopus fallax

Greek Tortoise 10 Testudo graeca

Marginated Tortoise 22 Testudo marginata

Eurasian Blind Snake 23 Xerotyphlops vermicularis

European Ratsnake 14 Zamenis situla