List of the amphibians and reptiles of Morocco

CLASS AMPHIBIA (AMPHIBIANS)

Order Caudata (salamanders and newts)

Family Salamandridae Goldfuss, 1820 (true salamanders and newts)

• • Salamandra algira Bedriaga, 1883 — North African Fire Salamander
  • Pleurodeles waltl Michahelles, 1830 — Sharp ribbed Newt

Order Anura (frogs and toads)

Family Alytidae Fitzinger, 1843 (midwife and painted toads)

• • Alytes maurus Pasteur and Bons, 1962 — Moroccan Midwife Toad
  • Discoglossus pictus Otth, 1837 — Painted Frog
  • Discoglossus scovazzi Camerano, 1878 — Moroccan Painted Frog

Family Pelobatidae Bonaparte, 1850 (spadefoot toads)

• • Pelobates varaldii Pasteur and Bons, 1859 — Moroccan Spadefoot

Family Bufonidae Gray, 1825 (true toads)

• • Bufo spinosus Daudin, 1803 — Southern Common Toad
  • Bufotes boulengeri (Lataste, 1879) — African Green Toad
  • Barbarophryne brongersmai (Hoogmoed, 1972) — Brongersma´s Toad
  • Sclerophrys mauritanica (Schlegel, 1841) — Moroccan Toad
  • Sclerophrys xeros (Tandy, Tandy, Keith and Duff-Mc Kay, 1976) — Savannah Toad

Family Hylidae Rafinesque, 1815 (tree frogs)

• • Hyla meridionalis Boettger, 1874 — Stripeless Tree Frog

Family Ranidae Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1814 (true frogs)

• • Pelophylax saharicus (Boulenger in Hartert, 1913) — North-African Water Frog

Familia Dicroglossidae Anderson, 1871 (warted water frogs)

• • Hoplobatrachus occipitalis (Günther, 1858) — African groove-crowned frog

CLASS REPTILIA (REPTILES)

Order Chelonii (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)

Family Testudinidae Batsch, 1788 (tortoises)

• • Testudo graeca Linnaeus, 1758 — Spur-thighed Tortoise

Family Geoemydidae Theobald, 1868 (Old World terrapins)

• • Mauremys leprosa (Schweigger, 1812) — Spanish Terrapin

Family Emydidae Rafinesque, 1815 (New World terrapins)

• • Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) — European Pond Terrapin

Order Squamata (geckos, lizards, skinks and snakes)

GEKKOTA (geckos)

Family Sphaerodactylidae Underwood, 1954 (least geckos)

• • Saurodactylus mauritanicus (Duméril and Bibron, 1836) — North Morocco Lizard-fingered Gecko
  • Saurodactylus brosseti Bons and Pasteur, 1957 — South Morocco Lizard-fingered Gecko
  • Saurodactylus elmoudenii Javanmardi, Vogler and Joger, 2019 – El Mouden Gecko
  • Saurodactylus harrisii Javanmardi, Vogler and Joger, 2019 – Harris Gecko
  • Saurodactylus slimanii Javanmardi, Vogler and Joger, 2019 – Slimani Gecko
  • Saurodactylus splendidus Javanmardi, Vogler and Joger, 2019 – Splendid Gecko
  • Saurodactylus fasciatus Werner, 1931 — Banded Lizard-fingered Gecko
  • Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus (Boettger, 1874) — High Atlas Day Gecko
  • Quedenfeldtia moerens (Chabanaud, 1916) — Moroccan Day Gecko

Family Gekkonidae Oppel, 1811 or Gray, 1825 (true geckos)

• • Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Turkish Gecko
  • Hemidactylus angulatus Hallowell, 1854 — West Africa House Gecko
  • Stenodactylus sthenodactylus (Liechtenstein, 1823) —Common Elegant Gecko
  • Stenodactylus mauritanicus Guichenot, 1850 — Northern Elegant Gecko
  • Stenodactylus petrii Anderson, 1896 — Anderson´s Short-fingered Gecko
  • Tropiocolotes algericus Loveridge, 1940 — Algerian Dwarf Gecko
  • Tropiocolotes tripolitanus Peters, 1880 — Tripoli Dwarf Gecko

Family Phyllodactylidae Gamble, Bauer, Greenbaum and Jackman, 2008 (leaf-toed geckos)

• • Tarentola annularis (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) — White-spotted Wall Gecko
  • Tarentola boehmei Joger, 1984 — Böhme´s Gecko
  • Tarentola chazaliae (Mocquard, 1895) — Helmethead Gecko
  • Tarentola deserti Boulenger, 1891 — Desert Wall Gecko
  • Tarentola hoggarensis Werner, 1937 — Hoggar´s Gecko
  • Tarentola mauritanica (Linnaeus, 1758) — Moorish Gecko
  • *Tarentola parvicarinata Joger, 1980 — Sierra Leone Wall Gecko
  • Ptyodactylus oudrii Lataste, 1880 — Oudri´s Fan-footed Gecko

SCINCOIDEA (skinks)

Family Scincidae Oppel, 1811 or Gray, 1825 (skinks)

• • Chalcides pseudostriatus Caputo, 1993 — Moroccan Three-toed Skink
  • Chalcides minutus Caputo, 1993 —Small Three-toed Skink
  • Chalcides mauritanicus (Duméril and Bibron, 1839) — Two-fingered Skink
  • Chalcides ocellatus (Forskål, 1775) — Ocellated Skink
  • Chalcides ebneri Werner, 1931 — Ebner´s Skink
  • Chalcides colosii Lanza, 1957 — Riffian Skink
  • Chalcides parallelus (Doumergue, 1901) — Doumergue´s Skink
  • Chalcides lanzai Pasteur, 1967 — Lanza´s Skink
  • Chalcides boulengeri (Anderson, 1896) Boulenger’s Sand-skink
  • Chalcides sphenopsiformis (Duméril, 1856) — Senegal Sand-Skink
  • Chalcides delislei (Lataste and Rochebrune, 1876) — De I´Isle´s Sand-skink
  • Chalcides manueli Hediger, 1935 — Manuel´s Skink
  • Chalcides montanus Werner, 1931 — Mountain Skink
  • Chalcides polylepis Boulenger, 1890 — Many-scaled Skink
  • Chalcides mionecton (Boettger, 1874) — Mionecton Skink
  • Eumeces algeriensis Peters, 1864 — Orange Skink
  • Scincus albifasciatus Boulenger, 1890 — White-banded Sandfish
  • Scincopus fasciatus Peters, 1864 — Banded Skink

LACERTOIDEA (worm and true lizards)

 Worm lizards

Family Blanidae Kearney, 2003 (Mediterranean worm lizards)

• • Blanus mettetali Bons, 1963 — Moroccan Worm Lizard
  • Blanus tingitanus Busack, 1988 — Tangier Worm Lizard

Family Trogonophiidae Gray, 1865 (desert ringed lizards)

• • Trogonophis wiegmanni Kaup, 1830 — Sharp-tailed Worm Lizard

True lizards

Family Lacertidae Batsch, 1788 (true lizards)

• • Timon tangitanus (Boulenger, 1891) — Moroccan Ocellated Lizard
  • Scelarcis perspicillata (Duméril and Bibron, 1839) — Moroccan Rock Lizard
  • Podarcis vaucheri (Boulenger, 1905) — Vaucher’s Wall Lizard
  • Atlantolacerta andreanskyi Werner, 1929 — Andreanszky´s Lizard
  • Ophisops occidentalis (Boulenger, 1887) — North-African Snake-eyed Lacertid
  • Mesalina guttulata (Lichtenstein, 1823) — Small Spotted Lizard
  • Mesalina olivieri (Audouin, 1829) — Olivier´s Small Lizard
  • Mesalina simoni (Boettger, 1881) —Simon´s Small Lizard
  • Mesalina pasteuri (Bons, 1960) — Pasteur´s Small Lizard
  • Mesalina rubropunctata (Lichtenstein, 1823) — Red-Spotted Small Lizard
  • Mesalina adrarensis Pizzigalli, Crochet, Geniez, Martínez-Freiría, Velo-Antón & Brito 2021 — Adrar Small Lizard
  • Acanthodactylus erythrurus (Schinz, 1833) — Spiny-footed Lizard
  • Acanthodactylus lacrymae Miralles, Geniez, Beddek, Mendez Aranda, Brito, Leblois and Crochet, 2020 – Tislit Spiny-footed Lizard
  • Acanthodactylus montanus Miralles, Geniez, Beddek, Mendez Aranda, Brito, Leblois and Crochet, 2020 – Jebel Siroua Spiny-footed lizard
  • Acanthodactylus maculatus (Gray, 1838) — Spotted Leopard Fringe-toed Lizard
  • Acanthodactylus busacki Salvador, 1982 — Busack´s Leopard Fringe-toed Lizard
  • Acanthodactylus margaritae Tamar, Geniez, Brito and Crochet, 2017 — Margarita’s Fringe-fingered Lizard
  • Acanthodactylus boskianus (Daudin, 1802) — Bosc´s Fringe-toed Lizard
  • Acanthodactylus dumerilii (Milne Edwards, 1829) — Dumeril´s Fringe-toed Lizard
  • Acanthodactylus longipes Boulenger, 1921—Long-footed Fringe-toed Lizard
  • Acanthodactylus audouini Boulenger, 1918 — Audouin’s Fringe-fingered Lizard
  • Acanthodactylus aureus Günther, 1803 — Golden Fringe-toed Lizard
  • *Acanthodactylus taghitensis Geniez and Foucart, 1995 – Taghit Fringe-toed Lizard
  • Psammodromus algirus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Large Psammodromus
  • Psammodromus blanci (Lataste, 1880) — Blanc´s Psammodromus
  • Psammodromus microdactylus Boettger, 1881 — Green Psammodromus

ANGUIMORPHA (glass lizards and monitors)

Family Anguidae Gray, 1825 (glass lizards)

• • Hyalosaurus koellikeri Günther, 1873 — Moroccan Glass Lizard

Family Varanidae Merrem, 1820 (monitors)

• • Varanus griseus (Daudin, 1803) — Desert Monitor

IGUANIA (agamids and chameleons)

Family Agamidae Spix, 1825 or Fitzinger, 1826 (agamas)

• • Agama impalearis Boettger, 1874 — Bibron´s Agama
  • Agama boueti Chabanaud, 1917 — Mali Agama
  • *Agama boulengeri Lataste, 1886 — Boulenger’s Agama
  • Trapelus boehmei Wagner, Melville, Wilms and Schmitz, 2011 — Böhme´s Agama
  • Uromastyx dispar Heyden, 1827 — Sudan Spiny-tailed lizard
  • Uromastyx nigriventris Rothschild and Hartert, 1912 — Moroccan Spiny-tailed lizard
  • Uromastyx occidentalis Mateo, Geniez, Lopez-Jurado and Bons, 1998 — Giant Spiny-tailed lizard

Family Chamaeleonidae Gray, 1825 (chameleons)

• • Chamaeleo chamaeleon (Linnaeus, 1758) — Mediterranean Chameleon

 SERPENTES (snakes)

Family Leptotyphlopidae  Stejneger, 1892 (thread snakes)

• • Myriopholis algeriensis (Jacquet, 1895) — Algerian Thread Snake

Family Boidae Gray, 1825 (boas)

• • Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758) — Western Sand Boa

Family Colubridae Oppel, 1811 (colubrids)

• • Hemorrhois hippocrepis (Linnaeus, 1758) — Horseshoe Whip Snake
  • Hemorrhois algirus (Jan, 1863) — Algerian Whip Snake
  • Spalerosophis diadema (Schlegel, 1837) — Diadem Snake
  • Spalerosophis dolichospilus (Werner, 1923) — Mograbin Diadem Snake
  • Coronella girondica (Daudin, 1803) — Southern Smooth Snake
  • Macroprotodon brevis (Günther, 1862) — Iberian False Smooth Snake
  • Macroprotodon abubakeri Wade, 2001 — Abu Baker False Smooth Snake
  • Telescopus tripolitanus (Werner, 1909) — North-African Cat Snake
  • Lytorhynchus diadema (Duméril, Bibron and Duméril, 1854) — Diadem Sand-snake
  • Dasypeltis sahelensis Trape and Mané, 2006 — Sahel Egg Eater
  • Natrix astreptophora (Seoane, 1984) — Iberian Grass Snake
  • Natrix maura (Linnaeus, 1758) — Viperine Snake

Family Lamprophiidae Boie, 1827 (African house, sand and Montpellier snakes)

• • Boaedon fuliginosus (Boie, 1827) — Common African House Snake
  • Malpolon monspessulanus (Hermann, 1804) — Western Montpellier Snake
  • Malpolon insignitus (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) — Eastern Montpellier Snake
  • Rhagerhis moilensis (Reuss, 1834) — False cobra
  • Psammophis schokari (Forskål, 1775) — Forskål’s Sand-snake

Family Elapidae Boie, 1827 (proteroglyphous fangs snakes)

• • Naja haje (Linnaeus, 1758) —Egyptian cobra

Family Viperidae Oppel, 1811 (true vipers)

• • Vipera monticola Saint Girons, 1953 — Mountain Viper
  • Daboia mauritanica (Gray, 1849) — Moorish Viper
  • Cerastes cerastes (Linnaeus, 1758) — Horned Viper
  • Cerastes vipera (Linnaeus, 1758) — Sand Viper
  • Echis pyramidum (Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1827) — Saw-scaled Viper
  • Bitis arietans (Merrem, 1820) — Puff Adder

SPECIES WITH A  *  SIGNAL, WERE FOUND IN THE LIMIT INSIDE THE CLOSEST COUNTRIES SO THEIR PRESENCE IN MOROCCO IS VERY LIKELY ALTHOUGH IT WAS NOT CONFIRMED YET