List of reptiles of Lebanon

This is a list of reptiles found in Lebanon.

Emydid turtles

• Balkan terrapin, Mauremys rivulata

Land tortoises

• Antakyan tortoise, Testudo antakyensis
• Flower's tortoise, Testudo floweri
• Greek tortoise, Testudo graeca

Marine turtles

• Loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta
• Green turtle, Chelonia mydas

Softshell turtles

• Nile softshell turtle, Trionyx triunguis

Agamid lizards

• Rough-tailed rock agama, Stellagama stellio
• Trapelus lessonae

Chameleons

• Mediterranean chameleon, Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Geckos

• Levant fan-fingered gecko, Ptyodactylus puiseuxi
• Kotschy's gecko, Mediodactylus kotschyi
• Turkish gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus

Lacertid lizards

• Giant fringe-fingered lizard, Acanthodactylus grandis
• Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard, Acanthodactylus schreiberi
• Lebanon fringe-fingered lizard, Acanthodactylus tristrami
• Wall lizard, Podarcis muralis
• Fraas's lizard, Parvilacerta fraasii
• Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
• Lebanon lizard, Phoenicolacerta laevis
• Levant green lizard, Lacerta media
• Blanford's short-nosed desert lizard, Mesalina brevirostris
• European snake-eyed lizard, Ophisops elegans

Skinks

• European copper skink, Ablepharus kitaibelii
• Ocellated skink, Chalcides ocellatus
• Bridled skink, Heremites vittatus
• Schneider's skink, Eumeces schneiderii
• Lataste's snake skink, Ophiomorus latastii
• Golden grass mabuya, Heremites auratus

Legless lizards

• European glass lizard, Pseudopus apodus

Monitor lizards

• Desert monitor, Varanus griseus

Amphisbaenids

• Turkish worm lizard, Blanus strauchi

Blind snakes

• European blind snake, Xerotyphlops vermicularis

Pythons and boas

• Caucasian sand boa, Eryx jaculus

Colubrid snakes

• Black whipsnake, Dolichophis jugularis
• Coin-marked snake, Hemorrhois nummifer
• Roger's racer, Platyceps rogersi
• Red whip snake, Platyceps collaris
• Eirenis decemlineatus, Eirenis decemlineatus
• Eirenis levantinus
• Asia Minor dwarf racer, Eirenis modestus
• Transcaucasian ratsnake, Zamenis hohenackeri
• Montpellier snake, Malpolon monspessulanus
• Dice snake, Natrix tessellata
• European tiger snake, Telescopus fallax

Cobras

• Black desert cobra, Walterinnesia aegyptia

Burrowing asps

• Israeli mole viper, Atractaspis engaddensis
• Müller's two-headed snake, Micrelaps muelleri

Vipers and pit vipers

• Lebanon viper, Montivipera bornmuelleri
• Levant viper, Macrovipera lebetinus
• Sand viper, Vipera ammodytes
• Palestine viper, Daboia palaestinae