List of reptiles of Korea

This is a list of reptiles of Korea. It includes reptiles found on the Korean Peninsula as well as the adjoining waters and islands.

## Turtles

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Scientific name | Common English name | Common Korean name | Image | Distribution | Status

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Caretta caretta | Loggerhead sea turtle | 붉은바다거북 (red sea turtle)  |  |  |
Chelonia mydas | Green sea turtle | 바다거북 (sea turtle)  |  |  |
Dermochelys coriacea | Leatherback sea turtle | 장수거북 (general or giant turtle)  |  |  |

* I: critically endangered

Chinemys reevesii | Chinese pond turtle | 남생이 (namsaengi)  |  |  |
Trachemys scripta elegans | Red-eared slider | 붉은귀거북 (red eared tortoise) or 청거북 (blue tortoise)  |  |  |
Pelodiscus sinensis | Chinese softshell turtle | 중국자라 (Chinese soft-shelled turtle)  |  |  |
Pelodiscus maackii | Northern Chinese softshell turtle | 자라 (soft-shelled turtle)  |  |  |

## Lizards

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Scientific name | Common English name | Common Korean name | Image | Distribution | Status

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Gekko japonicus | Schlegel's Japanese gecko | 도마뱀붙이 (gecko)  |  |  |
Plestiodon coreensis | Smith's skink | 장수도마뱀 (long-lived skink)  |  |  |
Scincella vandenburghi | Korean skink | 도마뱀 (skink)  |  |  |
Scincella huanrenensis | Huanren dwarf skink | 북도마뱀 (northern skink)  |  |  |
Eremias argus | Mongolian racerunner | 표범장지뱀 (leopard lizard)  |  |  |

* SK: endangered

Takydromus amurensis | Amur grass lizard | 아무르장지뱀 (Amur lizard)  |  |  |
Takydromus wolteri | White-striped grass lizard | 줄장지뱀 (stripped lizard)  |  |  |

## Snakes

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Scientific name | Authority | Common English name | Common Korean name | Distribution

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Dinodon rufozonatum rufozonatum[1] | Cantor  | Red-banded snake  | 능구렁이  | Throughout
Elaphe davidi[2] | Sauvage, 1884  | David's ratsnake  | 세줄무늬뱀  | Found in North Korea and likely occurs in adjacent areas of northwestern South Korea
Elaphe dione[3] | Pallas  | Steppe rat snake or Dione rat snake  | 누룩뱀, 시루레기, 밀뱀  | Common throughout
Elaphe schrenckii, Elaphe anomala[4] | Strauch  | Amur rat snake, Korean rat snake, Russian rat snake  | 먹구렁이 or 흑질백장 when black, 황구렁이 when brown/yellow  | Common throughout mainland; not found on Jeju
Elaphe taeniura taeniura[5] | Cope  | Korean beauty snake  | 줄꼬리뱀  | Found only in North Korea
Gloydius brevicauda[6] | Stejneger, 1907  | Short-tailed mamushi  | 살모사  | Throughout mainland; not found on Jeju
Gloydius saxatilis[7] | Emelianov  | Rock mamushi  | 까치살모사  | In the higher reaches of the Taebaek and Sobaek Mountains
Gloydius ussuriensis[8] | Emelianov  | Ussuri mamushi  | 쇠살모사  | Throughout
Hebius vibakari ruthveni[9] | Van Denburgh  | Asian keelback or Japanese keelback  | 대륙유혈목이  | Most common in the south, particularly Jeju
Hydrophis cyanocinctus[10] | Daudin, 1803  | Annulated sea snake  | 얼룩바다뱀  |
Hydrophis melanocephalus[11] | Gray, 1849  | Slender-necked sea snake  | 먹대가리바다뱀  |
Oocatochus rufodorsatus[12] | Cantor, 1842  | Chinese garter snake, frog-eating rat snake, or red-backed rat snake  | 무자치, 무좌수, 물뱀, 떼뱀  | Throughout
Orientocoluber spinalis[13] | Peters  | Slender racer  | 실뱀, 줄뱀  | Throughout; most common in the south
Pelamis platurus[14] | Linnaeus, 1766  | Pelagic sea snake or yellow-bellied sea snake  | 바다뱀  |
Rhabdophis tigrinus tigrinus[15] | Boie  | Tiger keelback  | 유혈목이, 꽃뱀  | Common throughout
Sibynophis collaris[16] | Gray  | Black-headed snake or collared snake  | 비바리뱀  | Jeju (discovered there in 1981)
Vipera berus sachalinensis[17] |  | Common viper  | 북살모사  | North Korea

## Notes

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1. ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 127-129 (given as Dinodon rufozonatus rufozonatus).
2. ^ Species Restoration Center (2005), #17.
3. ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 135-136.
4. ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 130-134.
5. ^ Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea (2005). "The Amphibians and Reptiles of Our Land" (PDF) (in Korean).
6. ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 140-148 (as Agkistrodon brevicaudus).
7. ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 152-153 (as Agkistrodon saxatilis).
8. ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 149-151 (as Agkistrodon ussuriensis).
9. ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 115-117; Species Restoration Center (2005), #14.
10. ^ Species Restoration Center (2005), #25.
11. ^ Species Restoration Center (2005), #26.
12. ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 137-139.
13. ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 125-126.
14. ^ Species Restoration Center (2005), #27.
15. ^ Baek & Sim, pp. 118-122. Given as Rhabdophis tigrinus lateralis by Species Restoration Center (2005).
16. ^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 123-124. (given as Sibynophis chinensis in Jeju Island, #7, and Species Restoration Center (2005)).
17. ^ Given as Vipera berus by Species Restoration Center (2005), #31.

## References

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* Baek Nam-geuk (백남극); Sim Jae-han (심재한) (1999). 뱀 (Baem, Snakes) (in Korean). Seoul: Jiseongsa. ISBN 89-7889-044-X.
* Jeju Island Nature Environment Ecology Information System (제주특별자치도자연환경생태정보). 척추동물:파총류 (in Korean). Retrieved 2006-09-20.
* 파충류 [List of Reptilian Fauna in Mt.jiri National Park]. Species Restoration Center (in Korean). 2005. Archived from the original on 2006-02-26. Retrieved 2006-09-20.

## External links

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* Extensive forum thread on Korean snakes