title: List of reptiles of Cyprus
text: # List of reptiles of Cyprus
  
  There are several species of reptiles in Cyprus including venomous and non-venomous snakes, lizards and turtles.
  
  ## Lizards
  
  Family: Agamidae
  
  * Cyprus rock agama, Laudakia cypriaca (Daan, 1967)
  
  Family: Chamaeleontida
  
  * Mediterranean chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  Family: Gekkonidae
  
  * Kotschy's gecko, Cyrtopodion kotschyi (Steindachner, 1870)
  * Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  Family: Lacertidae
  
  * Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, Acanthodactylus schreiberi (Boettger, 1878)
  * Snake-eyed lizard, Ophisops elegans (Ménétriés, 1832)
  * Troodos lizard, Phoenicolacerta troodica (Werner, 1936)
  
  Family: Scincidae
  
  * Bridled mabuya, Mabuya vittata (Olivier, 1804)
  * Budak's snake-eyed skink, Ablepharus budaki (Göçmen, Kumlutas & Tosunoglu, 1996)
  * Eyed skink, Chalcides ocellatus (Forsskål, 1775)
  * Schneider's skink, Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin, 1802)
  
  ## Snakes
  
  Family: Colubridae
  
  * Cat snake, Telescopus fallax cyprianus (Barbour & Amaral, 1927)
  * Coin snake, Hemorrhois nummifer (Reuss, 1834)
  * Cyprus grass snake, Natrix natrix cypriaca (Hecht, 1930)
  * Cyprus whip snake, Hierophis cypriensis (Schätti, 1985)
  * Dahl's whip snake, Platyceps najadum dahli (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Dwarf snake, Eirenis modestus (Martin, 1838)
  * Large whip snake, Dolichophis jugularis (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Montpelier snake, Malpolon monspessulanus insignitus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827)
  
  Family: Typhlopidae
  
  * Worm snake, Typhlops vermicularis (Merrem, 1820)
  
  Family: Viperidae
  
  * Cyprian blunt-nosed viper, Macrovipera lebetina lebetina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  ## Turtles
  
  Family: Cheloniidae
  
  * Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758)
  * Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
  Family: Geoemydidae
  
  * Western Caspian turtle, Mauremys caspica rivulata (Valenciennes, 1833)
  