Endangered Reptiles of the Middle East

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Common Name	Range ***
Afghan Tortoise	Afghanistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
African Spurred Tortoise	Egypt
Be'er Sheva Fringe-fingered Lizard	Israel (Palestinian Territory, Occupied)
Bengal Monitor	Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq
Black Sea Viper	Turkey
Caucasian Viper	Turkey
Common Tortoise	Middle East
Crowned River Turtle	Pakistan
Cyprus Whip Snake	Cyprus
Cyrtopodion amictopholis	Lebanon, Syria
Darevsky's Viper	Turkey
Desert Monitor	Asia, Africa, and the Middle East
Egyptian Tortoise	Egypt
Euphrates Softshell Turtle	Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Fraas' Lizard	Lebanon
Ganges Soft-shelled Turtle	Pakistan
Gavial	Pakistan
Gunther's Cylindrical Skink	Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Hoogstraal's Cat Snake	Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Palestinian Territory, Occupied
Indian Softshell Turtle	Pakistan
Jordanian Fringe-fingered Lizard	Jordan
Lacerta clarkorum	Turkey
Lacerta kulzeri	Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
Lar Valley Viper	Iran
Large-headed Water Snake	Turkey
Lebanon Viper	Lebanon, Syria
Leopard Fringe-fingered Lizard	Egypt
Loggerhead Sea Turtle	Middle East
Mount Bulgar Viper	Turkey
Mountain Viper	Turkey
Mugger Crocodile	Iraq, Pakistan
Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle	Pakistan
Negev Tortoise	Egypt, Israel
Peacock Softshell Turtle	Pakistan
Philochortus zolii	Egypt
Savigny's Agama	Egypt, Israel
Schreiber's Fringe-fingered Lizard	Cyprus, Israel, Lebanon, Turkey
Spotted Pond Turtle	Pakistan
Wagner's Viper	Turkey
Yellow Monitor	West Pakistan through India to Bangladesh

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**What reptiles are listed here?:

The Middle East section of this site lists the folllowing reptiles appearing on select endangered species lists:

Reptiles that dwell in or migrate to any area considered apart of the Middle East.
Reptiles that dwell in the Arabian Peninsula.
Reptiles of Cyprus.
Reptiles of Egypt, Israel or any other transcontinental (with Africa or Asia) area.
Reptiles of the Mediterranean Sea and its islands.
Reptiles of the Palearctic.
Reptiles of Saudi Arabia.

Disclaimer:
This list combines species from several endangered species lists. Using the total count of species found on this site as an official count of endangered species of the world is not recommended. For more information on what creatures are listed on this site, please visit our About EEC page.

**What reptiles are listed here?:

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