title: List of reptiles of Metropolitan France
text: # List of reptiles of Metropolitan France
  
  There are 20 species of lizards, 12 species of snakes and 4 species of turtles in Metropolitan France. Species include:
  
  ## Lizards
  
  * Tarentola mauritanica
  
  ## Snakes
  
  * Vipera aspis
  
  ## Turtles
  
  * Emys orbicularis, the European pond turtle
  