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List of reptiles of Metropolitan France

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Metropolitan France refers to the area of France located on the European continent, including mainland France and Corsica. It is home to 20 native species of lizards, 13 species of snakes and 3 species of terrestrial and freshwater turtles. 3 species of marine turtles are regularly present in the region, while 3 other have a transient presence. Introduced species include the Italian wall lizard, the pond slider and the common snapping turtle.

Lizards

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Native lizard species of Metropolitan France
Common name Scientific name Range IUCN status
(France)
IUCN status
(worldwide)
Refs.
Fitzinger's algyroides
Algyroides fitzingeri
(Wiegmann, 1834)
LC LC [1]
Slow worm
Anguis fragilis
Linnaeus, 1758
LC LC [1][2]
Italian slow worm
Anguis veronensis
Pollini, 1818
DD NE [1]
Bedriaga's rock lizard
Archaeolacerta bedriagae
(Camerano, 1885)
NT NT [1]
Western three-toed skink
Chalcides striatus
(Cuvier, 1829)
LC LC [1]
European leaf-toed gecko
Euleptes europaea
(Gené, 1839)
LC NT [1][3]
Mediterranean house gecko
Hemidactylus turcicus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
LC LC [1]
Aran rock lizard
Iberolacerta aranica
(Arribas, 1993)
EN EN [1]
Aurelio's rock lizard
Iberolacerta aurelioi
(Arribas, 1994)
EN EN [1]
Pyrenean rock lizard
Iberolacerta bonnali
(Lantz [fr], 1927)
VU NT [1]
Sand lizard
Lacerta agilis
Linnaeus, 1758
NT LC [1]
Western green lizard
Lacerta bilineata
Daudin, 1802
LC LC [1]
Columbretes wall lizard
Podarcis liolepis
(Boulenger, 1905)
LC LC [1]
Common wall lizard
Podarcis muralis
(Laurenti, 1768)
LC LC [1]
Tyrrhenian wall lizard
Podarcis tiliguerta
(Gmelin, 1789)
LC LC [1]
Algerian psammodromus
Psammodromus algirus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
LC LC [1]
East Iberian sand racer
Psammodromus edwarsianus
(Dugès, 1829)
NT LC [1]
Common wall gecko
Tarentola mauritanica
(Linnaeus, 1758)
LC LC [1]
Ocellated lizard
Timon lepidus
(Daudin, 1802)
VU LC [1][4]
Viviparous lizard
Zootoca vivipara
(Lichtenstein, 1823)
LC LC [1]

Introduced species

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The Italian wall lizard is believed to have been introduced in Corsica in antiquity.[5] It is a more recent introduction in other parts of Southern France.[6]

Non-native lizard species of Metropolitan France
Common name Scientific name Range IUCN status
(France)
IUCN status
(worldwide)
Refs.
Italian wall lizard
Podarcis siculus
(Rafinesque, 1810)
NA LC [1]

Snakes

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Snake species of Metropolitan France
Common name Scientific name Range IUCN status
(France)
IUCN status
(worldwide)
Refs.
Smooth snake
Coronella austriaca
Laurenti, 1768
LC LC [1][7]
Southern smooth snake
Coronella girondica
(Daudin, 1803)
LC LC [1]
Green whip snake
Hierophis viridiflavus
(Lacépède, 1789)
LC LC [1]
Montpellier snake
Malpolon monspessulanus
(Hermann, 1804)
LC LC [1][8]
Iberian grass snake
Natrix astreptophora
(Seoane, 1885)
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Barred grass snake
Natrix helvetica
(Lacépède, 1789)
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Viperine water snake
Natrix maura
(Linnaeus, 1758)
NT LC [1]
Ladder snake
Rhinechis scalaris
(Schinz, 1822)
LC LC [1]
Asp viper
Vipera aspis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
LC VU [1][10]
Common European adder
Vipera berus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
VU LC [1][11]
Meadow viper
Vipera ursinii
(Bonaparte, 1835)
EN VU [1]
Baskian viper
Vipera seoanei
Lataste, 1879
VU LC [1]
Aesculapian snake
Zamenis longissimus
(Laurenti, 1768)
LC LC [1][12]

Turtles

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Native turtle species of Metropolitan France
Common name Scientific name Range IUCN status
(France)
IUCN status
(worldwide)
Refs.
Loggerhead sea turtle
Caretta caretta
(Linnaeus, 1758)
DD EN [1]
Leatherback sea turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
(Vandelli, 1761)
DD CR [1]
European pond turtle
Emys orbicularis
(Linnaeus, 1758)
LC NT [1]
Kemp's ridley sea turtle
Lepidochelys kempii
(Garman, 1880)
DD CR [1]
Spanish pond turtle
Mauremys leprosa
Schweigger, 1812
VU NE [1]
Hermann's tortoise
Testudo hermanni
Gmelin, 1789
VU NT [1]

Transient species

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The green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) has been sporadically reported in the French Mediterranean Sea.[13] The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) was observed for the first time in Metropolitan France in 2017, on the Atlantic coast near the Isle of Oléron.[14]

Transient turtle species of Metropolitan France
Common name Scientific name Range IUCN status
(France)
IUCN status
(worldwide)
Refs.
Green sea turtle
Chelonia mydas
(Linnaeus, 1758)
NA EN [1]
Hawksbill sea turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata
(Linnaeus, 1766)
NA CR [1]
Olive ridley sea turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea
(Eschscholtz, 1829)
VU [14][15]

Introduced species

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The pond slider (Trachemys scripta) was introduced in France through the pet trade, having been imported in large numbers starting in the 1980s. It has since been reported in nearly all French departments, and acts as a competitor to the native European pond turtle, with which it shares an ecological niche.[16] After import of pond sliders was banned in 1997, the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) was commercialized in France, with former pets being released in the wild. Nests and juveniles have been reported in the departments of Gard, Haute-Garonne, Gironde and Loire-Atlantique.[17]

Non-native turtle species of Metropolitan France
Common name Scientific name Range IUCN status
(France)
IUCN status
(worldwide)
Refs.
Common snapping turtle
Chelydra serpentina
(Linnaeus, 1758)
LC [17][18]
Pond slider
Trachemys scripta
(Thunberg and Schoepff, 1792)
NA LC [1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao "La Liste rouge des espèces menacées en France" (PDF). uicn.fr. September 2015.
  2. ^ Agasyan, A.; Avci, A.; Tuniyev, B.; et al. (2021). "Anguis fragilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T47113126A744263. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T47113126A744263.en. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  3. ^ Claudia Corti, Marc Cheylan, Philippe Geniez, Roberto Sindaco, Antonio Romano (2009). "Euleptes europaea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61446A12486542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61446A12486542.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Bowles, P. (2024). "Timon lepidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T218293375A137858480. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  5. ^ Berroneau, Matthieu; Mokuenko, Nicolas; Petit, Johan (2022). "Découverte du Lézard sicilien Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810) dans le sud-ouest de la France" (PDF). Bull. Soc. Herp. Fr. (in French). 179: 54–56. doi:10.48716/BULLSHF.179-7.
  6. ^ Silva-Rocha, I.; Salvi, D.; Carretero, M. A. (December 2012). "Genetic data reveal a multiple origin for the populations of the Italian wall lizard Podarcis sicula (Squamata: Lacertidae) introduced in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic islands". Italian Journal of Zoology. 79 (4): 502–510. doi:10.1080/11250003.2012.680983. ISSN 1125-0003.
  7. ^ Crnobrnja-Isailović, J.; Ajtic, R.; Vogrin, M.; et al. (2017). "Coronella austriaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T157284A748852. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157284A748852.en. Retrieved 9 June 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Iñigo Martínez-Solano, Claudia Corti, Valentin Pérez Mellado, Paulo Sá-Sousa, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Marc Cheylan (2009). "Malpolon monspessulanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T157262A5064442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157262A5064442.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ a b de Massary et al. 2019, p. 47.
  10. ^ Claudia Corti, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Rafael Marquez, Marc Cheylan, Philippe Geniez, Ulrich Joger, Hans Konrad Nettmann, Benedikt Schmidt, Andreas Meyer, Roberto Sindaco, Antonio Romano, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2024). "Vipera aspis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T61591A137859549. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024.RLTS.T61591A137859549.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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  12. ^ Aram Agasyan; Aziz Avci; Boris Tuniyev; et al. (2017). "Zamenis longissimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T157266A49063773. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157266A49063773.en. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
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  14. ^ a b de Massary et al. 2019, p. 46.
  15. ^ Abreu-Grobois, A.; Plotkin, P. (IUCN SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group). (2008). "Lepidochelys olivacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T11534A3292503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T11534A3292503.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  16. ^ Servan, J.; Arvy, C. (1997). "Introduction de la tortue de Floride Trachemys scripta en France. Un nouveau compétiteur pour les espèces de tortues d'eau douce européennes". Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture (344–345): 173–177. doi:10.1051/kmae:1997020. ISSN 0767-2861.
  17. ^ a b de Massary et al. 2019, p. 49.
  18. ^ van Dijk, P.P. (2016) [errata version of 2012 assessment]. "Chelydra serpentina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T163424A97408395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T163424A18547887.en. Retrieved 4 December 2017.

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