Metropolitan France refers to the area of France located on the European continent, including mainland France and Corsica. It is home to 20 native species of lizards, 13 species of snakes and 3 species of terrestrial and freshwater turtles. 3 species of marine turtles are regularly present in the region, while 3 other have a transient presence. Introduced species include the Italian wall lizard, the pond slider and the common snapping turtle.
Lizards
edit| Common name | Scientific name | Range | IUCN status (France) |
IUCN status (worldwide) |
Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fitzinger's algyroides
|
Algyroides fitzingeri (Wiegmann, 1834) |
 |
LC | LC | [1] |
Slow worm
|
Anguis fragilis Linnaeus, 1758 |
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LC | LC | [1][2] |
Italian slow worm
|
Anguis veronensis Pollini, 1818 |
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DD | NE | [1] |
Bedriaga's rock lizard
|
Archaeolacerta bedriagae (Camerano, 1885) |
 |
NT | NT | [1] |
Western three-toed skink
|
Chalcides striatus (Cuvier, 1829) |
 |
LC | LC | [1] |
European leaf-toed gecko
|
Euleptes europaea (Gené, 1839) |
LC | NT | [1][3] | |
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Hemidactylus turcicus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
 |
LC | LC | [1] |
Aran rock lizard
|
Iberolacerta aranica (Arribas, 1993) |
 |
EN | EN | [1] |
Aurelio's rock lizard
|
Iberolacerta aurelioi (Arribas, 1994) |
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EN | EN | [1] |
Pyrenean rock lizard
|
Iberolacerta bonnali (Lantz, 1927) |
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VU | NT | [1] |
Sand lizard
|
Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758 |
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NT | LC | [1] |
Western green lizard
|
Lacerta bilineata Daudin, 1802 |
 |
LC | LC | [1] |
Columbretes wall lizard_(40588664815).jpg)
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Podarcis liolepis (Boulenger, 1905) |
LC | LC | [1] | |
Common wall lizard
|
Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768) |
 |
LC | LC | [1] |
Tyrrhenian wall lizard
|
Podarcis tiliguerta (Gmelin, 1789) |
|
LC | LC | [1] |
Algerian psammodromus
|
Psammodromus algirus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
 |
LC | LC | [1] |
East Iberian sand racer.jpg)
|
Psammodromus edwarsianus (Dugès, 1829) |
NT | LC | [1] | |
Common wall gecko(found_by_Jean_NICOLAS)_(34844955103).jpg)
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Tarentola mauritanica (Linnaeus, 1758) |
 |
LC | LC | [1] |
Ocellated lizard_male_found_under_a_stone_by_Jean_NICOLAS_(14166347788).jpg)
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Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802) |
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VU | LC | [1][4] |
Viviparous lizard_in_the_Aamsveen,_The_Netherlands.jpg)
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Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823) |
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LC | LC | [1] |
Introduced species
editThe Italian wall lizard is believed to have been introduced in Corsica in antiquity.[5] It is a more recent introduction in other parts of Southern France.[6]
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | IUCN status (France) |
IUCN status (worldwide) |
Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italian wall lizard
|
Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque, 1810) |
 |
NA | LC | [1] |
Snakes
edit| Common name | Scientific name | Range | IUCN status (France) |
IUCN status (worldwide) |
Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Smooth snake
|
Coronella austriaca Laurenti, 1768 |
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LC | LC | [1][7] |
Southern smooth snake
|
Coronella girondica (Daudin, 1803) |
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LC | LC | [1] |
Green whip snake
|
Hierophis viridiflavus (Lacépède, 1789) |
 |
LC | LC | [1] |
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Malpolon monspessulanus (Hermann, 1804) |
 |
LC | LC | [1][8] |
Iberian grass snake.JPG)
|
Natrix astreptophora (Seoane, 1885) |
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[9] | ||
Barred grass snake
|
Natrix helvetica (Lacépède, 1789) |
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[9] | ||
Viperine water snake.jpg)
|
Natrix maura (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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NT | LC | [1] |
Ladder snake
|
Rhinechis scalaris (Schinz, 1822) |
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LC | LC | [1] |
Asp viper_female_(found_by_Jean_NICOLAS)_(35565228091).jpg)
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Vipera aspis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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LC | VU | [1][10] |
Common European adder
|
Vipera berus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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VU | LC | [1][11] |
Meadow viper
|
Vipera ursinii (Bonaparte, 1835) |
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EN | VU | [1] |
Baskian viper
|
Vipera seoanei Lataste, 1879 |
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VU | LC | [1] |
Aesculapian snake
|
Zamenis longissimus (Laurenti, 1768) |
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LC | LC | [1][12] |
Turtles
edit| Common name | Scientific name | Range | IUCN status (France) |
IUCN status (worldwide) |
Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Loggerhead sea turtle
|
Caretta caretta (Linnaeus, 1758) |
 |
DD | EN | [1] |
Leatherback sea turtle.jpg)
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Dermochelys coriacea (Vandelli, 1761) |
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DD | CR | [1] |
European pond turtle_crossing_the_road_..._(52075448721).jpg)
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Emys orbicularis (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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LC | NT | [1] |
Kemp's ridley sea turtle
|
Lepidochelys kempii (Garman, 1880) |
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DD | CR | [1] |
Spanish pond turtle
|
Mauremys leprosa Schweigger, 1812 |
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VU | NE | [1] |
Hermann's tortoise
|
Testudo hermanni Gmelin, 1789 |
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VU | NT | [1] |
Transient species
editThe green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) has been sporadically reported in the French Mediterranean Sea.[13] The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) was observed for the first time in Metropolitan France in 2017, on the Atlantic coast near the Isle of Oléron.[14]
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | IUCN status (France) |
IUCN status (worldwide) |
Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Green sea turtle
|
Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758) |
 |
NA | EN | [1] |
Hawksbill sea turtle
|
Eretmochelys imbricata (Linnaeus, 1766) |
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NA | CR | [1] |
Olive ridley sea turtle
|
Lepidochelys olivacea (Eschscholtz, 1829) |
 |
VU | [14][15] |
Introduced species
editThe pond slider (Trachemys scripta) was introduced in France through the pet trade, having been imported in large numbers starting in the 1980s. It has since been reported in nearly all French departments, and acts as a competitor to the native European pond turtle, with which it shares an ecological niche.[16] After import of pond sliders was banned in 1997, the common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) was commercialized in France, with former pets being released in the wild. Nests and juveniles have been reported in the departments of Gard, Haute-Garonne, Gironde and Loire-Atlantique.[17]
| Common name | Scientific name | Range | IUCN status (France) |
IUCN status (worldwide) |
Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Common snapping turtle
|
Chelydra serpentina (Linnaeus, 1758) |
LC | [17][18] | ||
Pond slider
|
Trachemys scripta (Thunberg and Schoepff, 1792) |
NA | LC | [1] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao "La Liste rouge des espèces menacées en France" (PDF). uicn.fr. September 2015.
- ^ Agasyan, A.; Avci, A.; Tuniyev, B.; et al. (2021). "Anguis fragilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T47113126A744263. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T47113126A744263.en. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Claudia Corti, Marc Cheylan, Philippe Geniez, Roberto Sindaco, Antonio Romano (2009). "Euleptes europaea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61446A12486542. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61446A12486542.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Bowles, P. (2024). "Timon lepidus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T218293375A137858480. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ Berroneau, Matthieu; Mokuenko, Nicolas; Petit, Johan (2022). "Découverte du Lézard sicilien Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque-Schmaltz, 1810) dans le sud-ouest de la France" (PDF). Bull. Soc. Herp. Fr. (in French). 179: 54–56. doi:10.48716/BULLSHF.179-7.
- ^ Silva-Rocha, I.; Salvi, D.; Carretero, M. A. (December 2012). "Genetic data reveal a multiple origin for the populations of the Italian wall lizard Podarcis sicula (Squamata: Lacertidae) introduced in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic islands". Italian Journal of Zoology. 79 (4): 502–510. doi:10.1080/11250003.2012.680983. ISSN 1125-0003.
- ^ Crnobrnja-Isailović, J.; Ajtic, R.; Vogrin, M.; et al. (2017). "Coronella austriaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T157284A748852. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157284A748852.en. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Iñigo Martínez-Solano, Claudia Corti, Valentin Pérez Mellado, Paulo Sá-Sousa, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Marc Cheylan (2009). "Malpolon monspessulanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T157262A5064442. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157262A5064442.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b de Massary et al. 2019, p. 47.
- ^ Claudia Corti, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Rafael Marquez, Marc Cheylan, Philippe Geniez, Ulrich Joger, Hans Konrad Nettmann, Benedikt Schmidt, Andreas Meyer, Roberto Sindaco, Antonio Romano, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2024). "Vipera aspis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2024: e.T61591A137859549. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024.RLTS.T61591A137859549.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Munkhbayar, K.; Rustamov, A; Orlov, N.L.; Jelić, D.; Meyer, A.; Borczyk, B.; Joger, U.; Tomović, L.; Cheylan, M.; Corti, C.; Crnobrnja-Isailović, J.; Vogrin, M.; Sá-Sousa, P.; Pleguezuelos, J.; Sterijovski, B.; Westerström, A.; Schmidt, B.; Sindaco, R.; Borkin, L.; Milto, K. & Nuridjanov, D. (2021). "Vipera berus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T47756146A743903. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T47756146A743903.en. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ Aram Agasyan; Aziz Avci; Boris Tuniyev; et al. (2017). "Zamenis longissimus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T157266A49063773. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T157266A49063773.en. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ Lescure, Jean; Cateau, Sidonie; Sénégas, Jean-Baptiste; Oliver, Guy; de Massary, Jean-Christophe; Poisson, François; Cesarini, Catherine; Sacchi, Jacques (2015). "Présence de la Tortue verte, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758), en Méditerranée française" [Presence of the Green Turtle, Chelonia mydas (Linnaeus, 1758), in the French Mediterranean Sea]. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France (in French). 156: 1–14.
- ^ a b de Massary et al. 2019, p. 46.
- ^ Abreu-Grobois, A.; Plotkin, P. (IUCN SSC Marine Turtle Specialist Group). (2008). "Lepidochelys olivacea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008: e.T11534A3292503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T11534A3292503.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Servan, J.; Arvy, C. (1997). "Introduction de la tortue de Floride Trachemys scripta en France. Un nouveau compétiteur pour les espèces de tortues d'eau douce européennes". Bulletin Français de la Pêche et de la Pisciculture (344–345): 173–177. doi:10.1051/kmae:1997020. ISSN 0767-2861.
- ^ a b de Massary et al. 2019, p. 49.
- ^ van Dijk, P.P. (2016) [errata version of 2012 assessment]. "Chelydra serpentina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T163424A97408395. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T163424A18547887.en. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
Works cited
edit- de Massary, J.C.; Bourcier, R.; Cheylan, M.; Crochet, P-A; Dewynter, M.; Geniez, P.; Ineich, I.; Ohler, A.; Vidal, N.; Lescure, J. (2019). "Nouvelle Liste Taxinomique de l'herpétofaune de La France Métropolitaine". Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France. 171: 37–56.