title: List of reptiles of Korea
text: # List of reptiles of Korea
  
  This is a list of reptiles of Korea. It includes reptiles found on the Korean Peninsula as well as the adjoining waters and islands.
  
  ## Turtles
  
  | Scientific name | Common English name | Common Korean name | Status |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Caretta caretta | Loggerhead sea turtle | 붉은바다거북(red sea turtle) | |
  | Chelonia mydas | Green sea turtle | 바다거북(sea turtle) | |
  | Dermochelys coriacea | Leatherback sea turtle | 장수거북(General or giant turtle) | I: Critically Endangered. |
  | Chinemys reevesii | Chinese pond turtle | 남생이(Namsaengi) | |
  | Trachemys scripta elegans | Red-eared slider | 붉은귀거북(Red eared tortoise) or 청거북(Blue tortorise) | |
  | Pelodiscus sinensis | Chinese softshell turtle | 중국자라(Chinese soft-shelled turtle) | |
  | Pelodiscus maackii | Northern Chinese softshell turtle | 자라(soft-shelled turtle) | |
  
  ## Lizards
  
  | Scientific name | Common English name | Common Korean name | Status |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gekko japonicus | Japanese Gecko | 도마뱀붙이(Gekko) | |
  | Eumeces chinensis coreensis | Chinese Skink | 장수도마뱀(Big skink) | |
  | Scincella vandenburghi | Korean Skink | 도마뱀(skink) | |
  | Scincella huanrenensis | Huanren Dwarf Skink | 북도마뱀(northern skink) | |
  | Eremias argus | Mongolian Racerunner | 표범장지뱀(Leopard lizard) | SK: Endangered. |
  | Takydromus amurensis | Amur Grass Lizard | 아무르장지뱀(Amur lizard) | |
  | Takydromus wolteri | White-striped Grass Lizard | 줄장지뱀(stripped lizard) | |
  
  ## Snakes
  
  | Scientific name | Authority | Common English name | Common Korean name | Distribution |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Dinodon rufozonatum rufozonatum | Cantor | Red-banded snake | 능구렁이 | Throughout. |
  | Elaphe davidi | Sauvage, 1884 | David's ratsnake | 세줄무늬뱀 | Found in North Korea and likely occurs in adjacent areas of northwestern South Korea. |
  | Elaphe dione | Pallas | Steppe rat snake or Dione rat snake | 누룩뱀, 시루레기, 밀뱀 | Common throughout. |
  | Elaphe schrenckii, Elaphe anomala | Strauch | Amur rat snake, Korean rat snake, Russian rat snake | 먹구렁이 or 흑질백장 when black, 황구렁이 when brown/yellow | Common throughout mainland; not found on Jeju. |
  | Elaphe taeniura taeniura | Cope | Korean beauty snake | 줄꼬리뱀 | Found only in North Korea. |
  | Gloydius brevicauda | Stejneger, 1907 | Short-tailed Mamushi | 살모사 | Throughout mainland; not found on Jeju. |
  | Gloydius saxatilis | Emelianov | Rock Mamushi | 까치살모사 | In the higher reaches of the Taebaek and Sobaek Mountains. |
  | Gloydius ussuriensis | Emelianov | Ussuri Mamushi | 쇠살모사 | Throughout. |
  | Hebius vibakari ruthveni | Van Denburgh | Asian keelback or Japanese keelback | 대륙유혈목이 | Most common in the south, particularly Jeju |
  | Hydrophis cyanocinctus | Daudin, 1803 | Annulated sea snake | 얼룩바다뱀 | |
  | Hydrophis melanocephalus | Gray, 1849 | Slender-necked sea snake | 먹대가리바다뱀 | |
  | Oocatochus rufodorsatus | Cantor, 1842 | Chinese garter snake, frog-eating rat snake, or red-backed rat snake | 무자치, 무좌수, 물뱀, 떼뱀 | Throughout. |
  | Orientocoluber spinalis | Peters | Slender racer | 실뱀, 줄뱀 | Throughout; most common in the south. |
  | Pelamis platurus | Linnaeus, 1766 | Pelagic sea snake or Yellow-bellied sea snake | 바다뱀 | |
  | Rhabdophis tigrinus tigrinus | Boie | Tiger keelback. | 유혈목이, 꽃뱀 | Common throughout. |
  | Sibynophis collaris | Gray | Black-headed snake or collared snake | 비바리뱀 | Jeju (discovered there in 1981) |
  | Vipera berus sachalinensis | | Common viper. | 북살모사 | North Korea. |
  