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List of reptiles of Great Britain

The reptiles of Great Britain include three native snakes and three native lizards. A number of sea turtles visit Great Britain's shores. There are also at least seven introduced reptile species.

Snakes (Serpentes) edit

Image Name Distribution
  Common adder, Vipera berus[1]  
  Barred grass snake, Natrix helvetica[2][a]  
  Smooth snake, Coronella austriaca[4]  

Lizards (Lacertilia) edit

Image Name Distribution
  Slow worm, Anguis fragilis[5][6]  
  Viviparous lizard, Zootoca vivipara[7]  
  Sand lizard, Lacerta agilis  

Sea turtles (Chelonioidea) edit

Image Name Distribution
  Leatherback sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea   Foraging[8]
  Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta   Vagrant[9]
  Green sea turtle, Chelonia mydas   Vagrant[10]
  Hawksbill sea turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata   Vagrant[10]
  Kemp's ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys kempii   Vagrant[10]
  Olive ridley sea turtle, Lepidochelys olivacea   Vagrant[11]

Introduced species edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Adder". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b Carolin Kindler; Maxime Chèvre; Sylvain Ursenbacher; Wolfgang Böhme; Axel Hille; Daniel Jablonski; Melita Vamberger; Uwe Fritz (7 August 2017), "Hybridization patterns in two contact zones of grass snakes reveal a new Central European snake species", Scientific Reports, 7 (1), Nature: Article number: 7378, Bibcode:2017NatSR...7.7378K, doi:10.1038/s41598-017-07847-9, PMC 5547120, PMID 28785033
  3. ^ Angela Julian (22 August 2017). "What does the re-classification of European grass snakes mean for our native grass snakes?". Amphibian and Reptile Groups of the UK. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Smooth snake | The Wildlife Trusts". www.wildlifetrusts.org. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
  5. ^ Václav Gvozˇ dík, David Jandzik, Petros Lymberakis, Daniel Jablonski, Jirˇ í Moravec (2010). "Slow worm, Anguis fragilis (Reptilia: Anguidae) as a species complex: Geneticstructure reveals deep divergences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55 (2): 460–472. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.007. PMID 20079858. Retrieved 1 April 2022.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Slow worm". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Common lizard". Woodland Trust. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  8. ^ Rhodin 2011, p. 000.174
  9. ^ Rhodin 2011, p. 000.172
  10. ^ a b c Inns, Howard (2009) Britain's Reptiles and Amphibians, Wildguides.
  11. ^ "Olive ridley turtle found injured off Seaford beach". BBC News. 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  12. ^ Rhodin 2011, p. 000.183
  13. ^ Wildlife of Britain The Definitive Visual Guide. Dorling Kindersley. 2011. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-4053-6709-7.
  14. ^ "Terrapin". Canal & River Trust. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
  15. ^ "Common Wall Lizard". Surrey Amphibian and Reptile Group (SARG). Archived from the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
  16. ^ Amphibians and Reptiles. HarperCollins. 2000. ISBN 978-0-00-220083-7.
  17. ^ "Wild snake caught on film in north Wales". BBC. 16 May 2006.
  18. ^ Loeb, Josh (2 September 2010). "Feature: 'The Camden Creature' - An amphibian and reptile trust says our waterways are alive with some exotic creatures". Islington Tribune. Archived from the original on 5 September 2010.
  19. ^ "Britain's biggest snake - missing from UK for 10,000 years - now back and breeding". Daily Mirror. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  20. ^ Julian, Angela (8 March 2021). "Enter the Natrix: surveying grass snakes in eastern England by Steve Allain". ARG UK. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Previously referred to as Natrix natrix helvetica[2][3]

External links edit

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