reptiles are plentiful, with 82 species having been recorded. some of the most notable include the desert monitor, the european pond turtle, the caspian turtle, the russian tortoise, the dice snake, and the transcaspian saw-scaled viper. there are also skinks, geckoes, agamas, wall lizards, the european legless lizard, vipers, rat snakes and the blind wormsnake. the turkmen eyelid gecko is another native species. amphibians are much more scarce, with 5 species recorded including the european green toad and the marsh frog. as well as freshwater fish in the streams, rivers and lakes, the caspian sea is home to 124 species of mostly endemic fish.