The Reptiles and Amphibians of Romania

The reptile and amphibian fauna of Romania is amongst the least known of Europe. Large areas are virtually unexplored and the distribution of many species is unclear. This is not due to the lack of good habitats or interesting species but is more due to lack of reserchers and passionate herpetologists.
Romania’s reptile and amphibian fauna is one of the richest in Europe with 23 species of amphibians and 36 species of reptilians present. The country’s habitats are so varied from the high Carpathians, to deep gorges, limestone massifs to dry steps and the mighty Danube ending in the Black Sea but not before forming the Danube Delta.

We are sure you will enjoy exploring all this habitats with us in search of romania’s amphibians and reptilians.

Below you can find a few pictures of the reptile and amphibians species encountered here and also a list with possible species. You can download the list of Romanian reptiles and amphibians in PDF format so you can print it and use it for keeping record of observed species.You will need Adobe Acrobat to open the files. You can download it at the following link:

• Reptiles and Amphibians
• Checklist – Reptiles and Amphibians

The Reptiles and Amphibians of Romania

A list with the most important reptiles and amphibians of Romania

Yellow-bellied Toad	Fire-bellied Toad	Common Toad
Bombina variegata	Bombina bombina	Bufo bufo
Green Toad	Common Spadefoot Toad	Agile Frog
Bufo viridis	Pelobates fuscus	Rana dalmatina
Grass Frog	Marsh Frog	Tree Frog
Rana temporaria	Rana ridibunda	Hilla areborea
Fire Salamander	Snake-eyed Skink	Sand Lizard
Salamandra salamandra	Ablepharus k. stepaneki	Lacerta agilis
Balkan Green Lizard	Green Lizard	Eur. Pond Terrapin
Lacerta trilineata dobrogica	Lacerta trilineata	Emis orbicularis
Spur-thighed Tortoise	Caspian Whip Snake	Grass Snake
Testudo graeca ibera	Coluber caspius	Natrix natrix
Smooth Snake	Nose-horned Viper	Steppe Runner
Coronella austriaca	Vipera ammodytes	Eremias arguta deserti

Check list - Amphibians and Reptilians of Romania

Below you can find a list with all the Reptilians and amphibians of Romania.

	Latin	English
	AMPHIBIA
1	CAUDATA
2	Salamandra salamandra	Fire Salamander
3	Triturus alpestris alpestrs	Alpine Newt
4	Triturus monfandoni	Montandon’s Newt
5	Triturus cristatus cristatus	Northern Crested Newt
6	Triturus dobrogicus	Danube Crested Newt
7	Triturus vulgaris	Smooth Newt
8	Triturus vulgaris vulgaris
9	Triturus vulgaris ampelensis
10
11	ANURA
12	Bombina bombina	Fire-bellied Toad
13	Bombina variegata variegata	Yellow-bellied Toad
14	Pelobates fuscus fuscus	Common Spadefoot Toad
15	Pelobates syriacus balcanicus	Eastern Spadefoot Toad
16	Bufo bufo bufo	Common Toad
17	Bufo viridis viridis	Green Toad
18	Hyla arborea arborea	Common Tree Frog
19	Rana ridibunda ridibunda	Marsh Frog
20	Rana kl. esculenta	Edible Frog
21	Rana lessonae	Pool Frog
22	Rana dalmatina	Agile Frog
23	Rana temporaria temporaria	Grass Frog
24	Ranaarvalis	Moor Frog
25	Rana arvalis arvalis
26	Rana arvalis wolterstorfii
27
28	REPTILIA
29
30	TESTUDINES
31	Emys orbicularis	European Pond Terrapin
32	Testudo harmanni boetgerii	Hermann’s Tortoise
33	Testudo graeca ibera	Spur-thighed Tortoise
34
35	SAURIA
36	Ablepharus kitaibelii stepaneki	Snake-eyed Skink
37	Anguis fragilis	Slow Worm
38	Anguis fragilis fragilis
39	Anguis fragilis calchicus
40	Eremias arguta deserti	Steppe Runner
41	Podarcis muralis muralis	Common Wall Lizard
42	Podarcis taurica taurica	Balkan Wall Lizard
43	Lacerta agilis	Sand Lizard
44	Lacerta agilis agilis
45	Lacerta agilis chersonensis
46	Lacerta virldis	Eastern Green Lizard
47	Lacerta viridis viridis
48	Lacerta viridis meridionalis
49	Lacerta trilineata dobrogica	Balkan Green Lizard
50	Lacerta praticola pontica	Meadow Lizard
51	Zootoca vivipara	Viviparous Lizard
52
53	SERPENTES
54	Eryx jaculus turcicus	Sand Boa
55	Coronella austriaca austriaca	Smooth Snake
56	Coluber caspius	Caspian Whip Snake
57	Elaphe longissima longissima	Aesculapian Snake
58	Elaphe (quatorlineata) sauromates	Blotched Snake
59	Natrix natrix natrix	Grass Snake
60	Natrix tessellata	Dice Snake
61	Vipera ursinii	Meadow Viper
62	Vipera (ursinii) renardi
63	Vipera ursinii ursinii
64	Vipera ursinii rakosiensis
65	Vipera berus	Adder
66	Vipera berus berus
67	VIpera berus bosniensis
68	Vipera ammodytes
69	VIpera ammodytes ammodytes
70	Vipera ammodytes montandoni	Nose-horned Viper