List of reptiles of the Canary Islands

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List of reptiles of the Canary Islands is an incomplete list of reptiles found in the Canary Islands. This list includes both endemic and introduced species.

Lizards

Family Gekkonidae

Species Common name
Tarentola angustimentalis [e] East Canary Gecko
Tarentola boettgeri [e] Boettger's Wall Gecko
Tarentola delalandii [e] Tenerife Gecko
Tarentola gomerensis [e] Gomero Wall Gecko
Hemidactylus turcicus Mediterranean House Gecko (or Turkish Gecko)

Family Lacertidae

Species Common name
Gallotia atlantica [e] Atlantic Lizard (vulnerable)
Gallotia caesaris [e] Boettger's Lizard (rare on Greater Roque Salmor)
Gallotia galloti [e] West Canaries Lizard (or Tenerife Lizard)
Gallotia simonyi machadoi [e] EL Hierro Giant Lizard (critically endangered)
Gallotia bravoana [e] La Gomera Giant Lizard (critically endangered)
Gallotia stehlini [e] Giant Canary Giant Lizard (critically endangered)
Gallotia auaritae [e] La Palma Giant Lizard (critically endangered)
Gallotia goliath [e] Tenerife Giant Lizard (extinct, known from subfossil remains)
Gallotia intermedia [e] Tenerife Speckled Lizard (species discovered in 1996 & described in 1999, critically endangered)

Family Scincidae

Species Common name
Chalcides simonyi [e] East Canary Skink
Chalcides sexlineatus [e] Gran Canaria Skink
Chalcides viridanus [e] West Canary Skink

Turtles

Family Chelonidae

Species Common name
Caretta caretta Loggerhead sea turtle
Chelonia mydas Green Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata Atlantic Hawksbill
Lepidochelys kempii Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle

Family Dermochelyidae

Species Common name
Dermochelys coriacea Leatherback sea turtle

References

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