page_title: List of amphibians and reptiles of Gibraltar
section_title: Order: Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
hierarchical_section_title: List of amphibians and reptiles of Gibraltar / Class: Reptilia / Order: Testudines (turtles, tortoises and terrapins)
caption_attribution_description: Trachemys scripta elegans, Zoo di Roma, Italia
context_page_description: This is a list of the amphibian and reptile species recorded in Gibraltar. There are five amphibian and twenty-five reptile species in Gibraltar, of which one is critically endangered, two are endangered, one is vulnerable, and three are near threatened.
  The following tags are used to highlight each species' conservation status as assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
  Some species were assessed using an earlier set of criteria. Species assessed using this system have the following instead of near threatened and least concern categories:
context_section_description: Family: Cheloniidae
  Genus: Caretta
  Loggerhead sea turtle, Caretta caretta ᴱᴺ
  Genus: Chelonia
  Green turtle, Chelonia mydas ᴱᴺ
  Family: Dermochelyidae
  Genus: Dermochelys
  Leatherback turtle, Dermochelys coriacea CR
  Family: Emydidae
  Genus: Emys
  European pond terrapin, Emys orbicularis LR/nt
  Genus: Trachemys
  Red-eared slider, Trachemys scripta LC
  Suborder: Cryptodira
  Superfamily: Testudinoidea
  Family: Geoemydidae
  Subfamily: Geoemydinae
  Genus: Mauremys
  Mediterranean pond turtle, Mauremys leprosa
  Family: Testudinidae
  Genus: Testudo
  Spur-thighed tortoise, Testudo graeca ⱽᵁ
caption: A red-eared slider
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