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Last update: 3 December, 2004

On this page we will list all the species of reptiles and amphibians to be found in Italy, by clicking the species name you will be taken to page about the species in the genus. Species found on Sardinia is marked with an (S)

Anura
Bufonidae
Bufo bufo spinosus Daudin, 1803
Discoglossidae
Discoglossus pictus sardus (S)
Hylidae
Hyla arborea sarda (S)
Hyla meridionalis Boettger, 1874
Pelobatidae
Pelobates fuscus insubricus Cornalia, 1873
Ranidae
Rana arvalis Nilsson, 1842
Rana bergeri Günther, 1986
Rana dalmatina
Fitzinger, 1838
Rana hispanica Bonaparte, 1839
Rana italica
Dubois, 1987
Rana latastei
Boulenger, 1879
Rana lessonae Camerano, 1882
Rana ridibunda Pallas, 1771
Rana temporaria Linnaeus, 1758
Caudata
Plethodontidae
Hydromantes ambrosii Lanza, 1955
Hydromantes genei (S)
Hydromantes strinatii
Aellen, 1958
Salamandridae
Euproctus platycephalus (S)
Salamandra atra atra Laurenti, 1768
Salamandra atra aurorae Trevisan, 1982
Salamandra lanzai Nascetti, Andreone, Capula & Bullini, 1988
Salamandrina terdigitata (Lacépède, 1788)
Triturus alpestris apuanus (Bonaparte, 1839)
Triturus alpestris inexpectatus Dubois & Breuil, 1983

Triturus vulgaris meridionalis (Boulenger, 1882)
Testudines
Emydidae
Emys orbicularis capolongoi Fritz, 1995
Emys orbicularis galloitalica Fritz, 1995
Trachemys scripta elegans (Wied, 1839)
Testudinidae
Testudo marginata Schoepff, 1792 (+S)
Literature
Rimpp, K. 1979. Herpetologische Skizzen aus Sardinien. herpetofauna, 1(2): 24-27.
Sauria
Anguidae
Anguis fragilis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758
Gekkonidae
Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lacertidae
Iberolacerta horvathi (Méhely, 1904)
Lacerta bedriagae ferrerae Stemmler, 1961
Lacerta bedriagae paessleri Mertens, 1927
Lacerta bedriagae sardoa Peracca, 1903
Lacerta bilineata fejervaryi Vasvary, 1926
Podarcis muralis maculiventris (Werner, 1891)
Podarcis muralis muralis (Laurenti, 1768)
Zootoca vivipara carniolica Mayer, Böhme, Tiedemann & Bischoff, 2000
Serpentes
Colubridae
Coluber hippocrepis Linnaeus, 1758
Coluber viridiflavus viridiflavus Lacépède, 1789 (+S)
Coronella austriaca austriaca Laurenti, 1768
Coronella girondica (Daudin, 1803)
Elaphe quatuorlineata quatuorlineata (Lacépède, 1789)
Natrix maura (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rhinechis scalaris (Schinz, 1822)
Zamenis lineatus (Camerano, 1891)
Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768)
Zamenis situla (Linnaeus, 1758)
Viperidae
Vipera ammodytes ammodytes (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vipera aspis aspis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vipera aspis atra
Meisner, 1820
Vipera aspis francisciredi
Laurenti, 1768

Vipera aspis hugyi Schinz, 1833
Vipera berus berus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Vipera ursinii ursinii (Bonaparte, 1835)