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
Lizards
Snakes
Scientific name
Authority
Common English name
Common Korean name
Distribution
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
^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 127-129 (given as Dinodon rufozonatus rufozonatus ).
^ Species Restoration Center (2005), #17.
^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 135-136.
^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 130-134.
^ Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Korea (2005). "The Amphibians and Reptiles of Our Land" (PDF) (in Korean).
^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 140-148 (as Agkistrodon brevicaudus ).
^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 152-153 (as Agkistrodon saxatilis ).
^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 149-151 (as Agkistrodon ussuriensis ).
^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 115-117; Species Restoration Center (2005), #14.
^ Species Restoration Center (2005), #25.
^ Species Restoration Center (2005), #26.
^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 137-139.
^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 125-126.
^ Species Restoration Center (2005), #27.
^ Baek & Sim, pp. 118-122. Given as Rhabdophis tigrinus lateralis by Species Restoration Center (2005).
^ Baek & Sim (1999), pp. 123-124. (given as Sibynophis chinensis in Jeju Island, #7, and Species Restoration Center (2005)).
^ Given as Vipera berus by Species Restoration Center (2005), #31.
References
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 .
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