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This is a list of amphibians of Great Britain. There are seven amphibian species native to Great Britain , in addition, there are a number of naturalized species. The natives comprise three newts , two toads and two frogs .
Name Distribution Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Foraging [8] Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) Vagrant [9] Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Vagrant [10] Hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Vagrant [10] Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) Vagrant [10] Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea ...
This is a list of mammals of Great Britain. The diversity of mammal fauna of Great Britain is somewhat impoverished compared to that of Continental Europe , due to the short period of time between the last ice age and the flooding of the land bridge between Great Britain and the rest of Europe.
The list below largely follows Darrel Frost's Amphibian Species of the World (ASW), Version 5.5 (31 January 2011). Another classification, which largely follows Frost, but deviates from it in part is the one of AmphibiaWeb , which is run by the California Academy of Sciences and several of universities.
Established in 2020, Celtic Reptile & Amphibian, aims to reintroduce the lost species of reptile and amphibian that once inhabited Britain, back to rewilding projects. [85] These include the moor frog, European tree frog, agile frog and European pond turtle. [86] They have already had significant success breeding the moor frog in captivity.
Four species of snake are, the European adder, grass snake, barred grass snake [2] and smooth snake.Some introduced snakes are aesculapian snake and dice snakes.. Adder. Lizards found in England are slowworms, common lizards, sand lizards, European green lizards (introduced) and the common wall lizard (introduced from mainland Europe - found in the Isle of Wight.)
This is a list of amphibians of Europe. It includes all amphibians currently found in Europe . It does not include species found only in captivity or extinct in Europe , except where there is some doubt about this, nor does it currently include species introduced in recent decades.
This is a list of United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan species. Some suffer because of loss of habitat, but many are in decline following the introduction of foreign species, which out-compete the native species or carry disease. See also the list of extinct animals of the British Isles.