List of reptiles of Great Britain
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Ten or eleven species of reptiles occur in Great Britain: three snakes and three lizards, which were established at the time of the last ice age. Additionally, Britain has a number of introduced species which have become naturalized in their new environments.
Sea turtles have been recorded as coastal vagrants and the red-eared terrapin occurs as an introduced species.
Contents
Snakes
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- Adder Vipera berus
- Grass snake Natrix natrix
- Smooth snake Coronella austriaca
- Aesculapian snake (introduced)
Lizards
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- Slow-worm Anguis fragilis
- Common or Viviparous lizard Zootoca vivipara
- Sand lizard Lacerta agilis
- Western green lizard L. bilineata (introduced)
- Common wall lizard Podarcis muralis (introduced)
Turtles
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- Red-eared terrapin[1] Trachemys scripta elegans. (Introduced species).[2] Rare but increasing due to pet release.[1]
- Leatherback sea turtle Dermochelys coriacea. Foraging[3]
- Loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta. Vagrant[4]
- Green sea turtle Chelonia mydas. Vagrant.[5]
- Hawksbill sea turtle Eretmochelys imbricata. Vagrant.[5]
- Kemp's ridley sea turtle Lepidochelys kempii. Vagrant.[5]
References
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- ↑ Rhodin 2011, p. 000.183
- ↑ Rhodin 2011, p. 000.174
- ↑ Rhodin 2011, p. 000.172
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Inns, Howard (2009) Britain's Reptiles and Amphibians, Wildguides.
- British Reptiles from wildlifetrust.org.uk
- RAUK Identification Guide
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- [1] Wilkinson, J.W., Baker, J. and Foster, J. Priorities for Non-Native Amphibians and Reptiles in the UK. ARC Research Report 11/02.
