- Turtles and tortoises Pond turtles Sea turtles Softshell turtles Tortoises
- Lizards Agamid lizards Chameleons Geckos Glass lizards Lacertid lizards Monitor lizards Skinks
- Crocodilians Crocodiles
- Snakes Blindsnakes Boas Colubrid snakes Elapid snakes Lamprophiid snakes Vipers
- See also
- References
{{Hatnote|Note that this list only includes non-avian reptiles. For birds, visit list of birds of Israel.}}Israel has about 100 species of reptiles, almost a third of which live in its northern areas.[1] Reptiles in Israel live in environments ranging from the Negev Desert to the Red Sea, from the Jordan River to the Judaean Mountains. Turtles and tortoisesPond turtles- European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis)
- Caspian turtle (Mauremys caspica)
- Balkan pond turtle (Mauremys rivulata)
Sea turtles- Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
- Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)
- Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
- Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)
- Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
Softshell turtles- African softshell turtle (Trionyx triunguis)
Tortoises- Spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca)
- Negev tortoise (Testudo werneri)
LizardsAgamid lizards- Sinai agama (Pseudotrapelus sinaitus)
- Stellion (Stellagama stellio)
- Trapelus agnetae
- Desert agama (Trapelus mutabilis)
- Olivier’s agama (Trapelus ruderatus)
- Savigny's agama (Trapelus savignii)
- Egyptian mastigure (Uromastyx aegyptia)
- Ornate mastigure (Uromastyx ornata)
Chameleons- Common chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon)
- Sinai chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon musae)
- Mediterranean chameleon (Chamaeleo chamaeleon recticrista)
Geckos- Blanford's rock gecko (Bunopus blanfordii)
- Rough-tailed gecko (Cyrtopodion scabrum)
- Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus)
- Lebanese thin-toed gecko (Mediodactylus amictopholis)
- Kotschy's gecko (Mediodactylus kotschyi)
- Sinai fan-fingered gecko (Ptyodactylus guttatus)
- Fan-footed gecko (Ptyodactylus hasselquistii)
- Israeli fan-fingered gecko (Ptyodactylus puiseuxi)
- Middle Eastern short-fingered gecko (Stenodactylus doriae)
- Dune gecko (Stenodactylus petrii)
- Elegant gecko (Stenodactylus sthenodactylus)
- White-spotted wall gecko (Tarentola annularis)
- Natterer's gecko (Tropiocolotes nattereri)
Glass lizards- European glass lizard (Pseudopus apodus)
Lacertid lizards- Be'er Sheva fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus beershebensis)
- Bosc's fringe-toed lizard (Acanthodactylus boskianus)
- Schreiber's fringe-fingered lizard ((Acanthodactylus schreiberi)
- Small-spotted lizard (Mesalina guttulata)
- Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans)
- Lebanon lizard (Phoenicolacerta laevis)
Monitor lizards- Desert monitor (Varanus griseus)
Skinks- Juniper skink (Ablepharus kitaibelii)
- Rüppell's snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus rueppellii)
- Günther's cylindrical skink (Chalcides guentheri)
- Ocellated skink (Chalcides ocellatus)
- Wedge-snouted skink (Chalcides sepsoides)
- Schneider's skink (Eumeces schneideri)
- Bridled mabuya (Heremites vittatus)
- Latast's snake skink (Ophiomorus latastii)
- Sandfish (Scincus scincus)
CrocodiliansCrocodiles- † Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)[2]
SnakesBlindsnakes- Long-nosed worm snake (Leptotyphlops macrorhynchus)
- Rhinotyphlops simoni
- Eurasian blindsnake (Xerotyphlops vermicularis)
Boas- Javelin sand boa (Eryx jaculus)
Colubrid snakes- Black whipsnake (Dolichophis jugularis)
- Crowned dwarf racer (Eirenis coronella)
- Ten-striped dwarf racer (Eirenis decemlineatus)
- Levantine dwarf racer (Eirenis levantinus)
- Eirenis lineomaculatus
- Ring-headed dwarf snake (Eirenis modestus)
- Roth's dwarf racer (Eirenis rothii)
- Blotched snake (Elaphe sauromates)
- Coin-marked snake (Hemorrhois nummifer)
- Spotted whip snake (Hemorrhois ravergieri)
- Crowned leafnose snake (Lytorhynchus diadema)
- False smooth snake (Macroprotodon cucullatus)
- Dice snake (Natrix tessellata)
- Red whip snake (Platyceps collaris)
- Elegant racer (Platyceps elegantissimus)
- Braid snake (Platyceps rhodorachis)
- Rogers's racer (Platyceps rogersi)
- Platyceps saharicus
- Sinai racer (Platyceps sinai)
- Platyceps tessellata
- Dayan's kukri snake (Rhynchocalamus dayanae)
- Israel kukri snake (Rhynchocalamus melanocephalus)
- Diadem snake (Spalerosophis diadema)
- Israeli cat snake (Telescopus dhara)
- Mediterranean cat snake (Telescopus fallax)
- Hoogstraal’s cat snake (Telescopus hoogstraali)
- Transcaucasian ratsnake (Zamenis hohenackeri)
Elapid snakes- Desert black snake (Walterinnesia aegyptia)
Lamprophiid snakes- Israeli mole viper (Atractaspis engaddensis)
- M. m. insignitus">Eastern Montpellier Snake (Malpolon insignitus)
- Montpellier snake (Malpolon monspessulanus)
- False cobra (Malpolon moilensis)
- Müller's black-headed snake (Micrelaps muelleri)
- Tchernov's chainling (Micrelaps tchernovi)
- Psammophis aegyptius
- Schokari sand racer (Psammophis schokari)
Vipers- Desert horned viper (Cerastes cerastes)
- Arabian horned viper (Cerastes gasperettii)
- Saharan sand viper (Cerastes vipera)
- Painted saw-scaled viper (Echis coloratus)
- Blunt-nosed viper (Macrovipera lebetina)
- Field's horned viper (Pseudocerastes fieldi)
- Bornmueller's viper (Montivipera bornmuelleri)
- Palestine viper (Vipera palaestinae)
See also- Wildlife of Israel
- Biodiversity in Israel
- List of birds of Israel
- List of endemic flora of Israel
- List of mammals of Israel
- Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel
References1. ^{{Harvnb|Dolev|2004|loc="Reptiles". pp. 71–129.}}
2. ^Extirpated at the beginning of the nineteenth century
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