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The reptiles of Great Britain include three native
snakes and three native
lizards . A number of
sea turtles visit Great Britain's shores. There are also at least seven
introduced reptile species.
See also
References
^
"Adder" .
Woodland Trust . Retrieved 1 April 2022 .
^
a
b Carolin Kindler; Maxime Chèvre; Sylvain Ursenbacher; Wolfgang Böhme; Axel Hille; Daniel Jablonski; Melita Vamberger; Uwe Fritz (7 August 2017), "Hybridization patterns in two contact zones of grass snakes reveal a new Central European snake species", Scientific Reports , 7 (1),
Nature : Article number: 7378,
Bibcode :
2017NatSR...7.7378K ,
doi :
10.1038/s41598-017-07847-9 ,
PMC
5547120 ,
PMID
28785033
^ Angela Julian (22 August 2017).
"What does the re-classification of European grass snakes mean for our native grass snakes?" . Amphibian and Reptile Groups of the UK. Retrieved 13 April 2018 .
^
"Smooth snake | The Wildlife Trusts" . www.wildlifetrusts.org . Retrieved 19 January 2023 .
^ Václav Gvozˇ dík, David Jandzik, Petros Lymberakis, Daniel Jablonski, Jirˇ í Moravec (2010).
"Slow worm, Anguis fragilis (Reptilia: Anguidae) as a species complex: Geneticstructure reveals deep divergences" . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 55 (2): 460–472.
doi :
10.1016/j.ympev.2010.01.007 .
PMID
20079858 . Retrieved 1 April 2022 . {{
cite journal }}
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link )
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"Slow worm" . Woodland Trust. Retrieved 1 April 2022 .
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"Common lizard" . Woodland Trust. Retrieved 1 April 2022 .
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Rhodin 2011 , p. 000.174
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Rhodin 2011 , p. 000.172
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a
b
c Inns, Howard (2009) Britain's Reptiles and Amphibians , Wildguides.
^
"Olive ridley turtle found injured off Seaford beach" . BBC News . 19 January 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2020 .
^
Rhodin 2011 , p. 000.183
^ Wildlife of Britain The Definitive Visual Guide . Dorling Kindersley. 2011. p. 168.
ISBN
978-1-4053-6709-7 .
^
"Terrapin" .
Canal & River Trust . 11 May 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017 .
^
"Common Wall Lizard" . Surrey Amphibian and Reptile Group (SARG). Archived from
the original on 5 January 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2016 .
^ Amphibians and Reptiles . HarperCollins. 2000.
ISBN
978-0-00-220083-7 .
^
"Wild snake caught on film in north Wales" . BBC. 16 May 2006.
^ Loeb, Josh (2 September 2010).
"Feature: 'The Camden Creature' - An amphibian and reptile trust says our waterways are alive with some exotic creatures" .
Islington Tribune . Archived from
the original on 5 September 2010.
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"Britain's biggest snake - missing from UK for 10,000 years - now back and breeding" .
Daily Mirror . 11 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022 .
^ Julian, Angela (8 March 2021).
"Enter the Natrix: surveying grass snakes in eastern England by Steve Allain" . ARG UK. Retrieved 28 December 2021 .
Notes
External links
British Reptiles from wildlifetrust.org.uk
RAUK Identification Guide
Rhodin, Anders G.J.; van Dijk, Peter Paul; Inverson, John B.; Shaffer, H. Bradley; Roger, Bour (31 December 2011).
"Turtles of the world, 2011 update: Annotated checklist of taxonomy, synonymy, distribution and conservation status" (PDF) . Chelonian Research Monographs . 5 . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 31 January 2012.
Wilkinson, J.W., Baker, J. and Foster, J. Priorities for Non-Native Amphibians and Reptiles in the UK . ARC Research Report 11/02.
Invertebrates
Vertebrates See also