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 nameCommon English nameCommon Korean nameImageDistributionStatus
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)
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 nameCommon English nameCommon Korean nameImageDistributionStatus
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)
Takydromus amurensis Amur Grass Lizard 아무르장지뱀(Amur lizard)
Takydromus wolteri White-striped Grass Lizard 줄장지뱀(stripped lizard)

Snakes
Scientific nameAuthorityCommon English nameCommon Korean nameDistribution
Dinodon rufozonatum rufozonatum [1] Cantor Red-banded snake 능구렁이 Throughout.
Elaphe davidi [2] Sauvage, 1884 David's ratsnake 세줄무늬뱀 Found in North Korea and likely occurs in adjacent areas of northwestern South Korea.
Elaphe dione [3] Pallas Steppe rat snake or Dione rat snake 누룩뱀, 시루레기, 밀뱀 Common throughout.
Elaphe schrenckii, Elaphe anomala [4] 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 [5] Cope Korean beauty snake 줄꼬리뱀 Found only in North Korea.
Gloydius brevicaudus [6] Stejneger, 1907 Short-tailed Mamushi 살모사 Throughout mainland; not found on Jeju.
Gloydius saxatilis [7] Emelianov Rock Mamushi 까치살모사 In the higher reaches of the Taebaek and Sobaek Mountains.
Gloydius ussuriensis [8] Emelianov Ussuri Mamushi 쇠살모사 Throughout.
Hebius vibakari ruthveni [9] Van Denburgh Asian keelback or Japanese keelback 대륙유혈목이 Most common in the south, particularly Jeju
Hydrophis cyanocinctus [10] Daudin, 1803 Annulated sea snake 얼룩바다뱀
Hydrophis melanocephalus [11] Gray, 1849 Slender-necked sea snake 먹대가리바다뱀
Oocatochus rufodorsatus [12] Cantor, 1842 Chinese garter snake, frog-eating rat snake, or red-backed rat snake 무자치, 무좌수, 물뱀, 떼뱀 Throughout.
Orientocoluber spinalis[13] Peters Slender racer 실뱀, 줄뱀 Throughout; most common in the south.
Pelamis platurus [14] Linnaeus, 1766 Pelagic sea snake or Yellow-bellied sea snake 바다뱀
Rhabdophis tigrinus tigrinus [15] Boie Tiger keelback. 유혈목이, 꽃뱀 Common throughout.
Sibynophis collaris [16] Gray Black-headed snake or collared snake 비바리뱀 Jeju (discovered there in 1981)
Vipera berus sachalinensis [17] Common viper. 북살모사 North Korea.

Notes
  1. Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 127-129 (given as Dinodon rufozonatus rufozonatus).
  2. Species Restoration Center (2005), #17.
  3. Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 135-136.
  4. Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 130-134.
  5. Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea (2005). "The Amphibians and Reptiles of Our Land" (PDF) (in Korean).
  6. Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 140-148 (as Agkistrodon brevicaudus).
  7. Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 152-153 (as Agkistrodon saxatilis).
  8. Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 149-151 (as Agkistrodon ussuriensis).
  9. Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 115-117; Species Restoration Center (2005), #14.
  10. Species Restoration Center (2005), #25.
  11. Species Restoration Center (2005), #26.
  12. Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 137-139.
  13. Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 125-126.
  14. Species Restoration Center (2005), #27.
  15. Baek & Sim, pp. 118-122. Given as Rhabdophis tigrinus lateralis by Species Restoration Center (2005).
  16. Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 123-124. (given as Sibynophis chinensis in Jeju Island, #7, and Species Restoration Center (2005)).
  17. Given as Vipera berus by Species Restoration Center (2005), #31.

References
  • Baek Nam-geuk (백남극); Sim Jae-han (심재한) (1999). 뱀 (Baem, Snakes) (in Korean). Seoul: Jiseongsa. ISBN 89-7889-044-X.
  • Jeju Island Nature Environment Ecology Information System (제주특별자치도자연환경생태정보). 척추동물:파총류 (in Korean). Retrieved 2006-09-20.
  • 파충류 [List of Reptilian Fauna in Mt.jiri National Park]. Species Restoration Center (in Korean). 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-02-26. Retrieved 2006-09-20.
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