# 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

| Scientific name | Common English name | Common Korean name | Status |
| 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

| Scientific name | Common English name | Common Korean name | Status |
| 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

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