List Of Reptiles Of Spain
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reptile Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic metabolism and Amniotic egg, amniotic development. Living traditional reptiles comprise four Order (biology), orders: Testudines, Crocodilia, Squamata, and Rhynchocepha ...
s living in
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, both in the
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,
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, the
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(including marine reptiles that can be found on its shores). Both native and
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are included.


Order Testudines


Family Testudinidae


Family Emydidae


Family Geoemydidae


Family Dermochelyidae


Family Cheloniidae


Order Squamata


Family Chamaeleonidae


Family Blanidae


Family Agamidae


Family Anguidae


Gekkota (families Gekkonidae, Sphaerodactylidae, Phyllodactylidae)


Family Scincidae


Family Lacertidae


Family Trogonophidae


Serpentes


Family Colubridae


Family Viperidae


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Reptiles Reptiles, as commonly defined, are a group of tetrapods with an ectothermic metabolism and Amniotic egg, amniotic development. Living traditional reptiles comprise four Order (biology), orders: Testudines, Crocodilia, Squamata, and Rhynchocepha ...
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...