MALTESE FOSSIL HERPETOFAUNA

SYSTEMATIC LIST TO THE MALTESE SPECIES

Class: Amphibia
Order: Salientia

Family: Discoglossidae
Discoglossus pictus Otth, 1837 Pliestocene

Discoglossus pictus

Family: Bufonidae
Bufo bufo (Linn, 1758)
Pliestocene
Bufo viridis Laurenti, 1768
Pliestocene

Bufo bufo

Class: Reptilia

Order: Ichthyosauria
Ichthyosaurus gaudensis Hulke, 1870
Miocene
believed by G. Zammit-Maempel (1989) to be a mistaken identification of a crocodilian/cetacian skull.

artist impression and tooth figured by Hulke, 1870

Order: Crocodilia

Family: Crocodilidae
Tomistoma champsoides(Owen in Hulke, 1870) Miocene
Tomistoma gaudensis (Hulke, 1870)
Miocene

Tomistoma gaudensis

Subclass: Anapsida
Order: Chelonia

`Family: Trionchidae` `Trionyx melitensis Lydekker, 1891 Miocene`	*Trionyx melitensis as pictured by Lydekker, 1891*
`Family Cheloniidae` `Testudo graeca (Linnaeus, 1755)` `Pliestocene and Neolithic`	*Testudo graeca*
`Geochelone robusta Adams, 1877` `Pliestocene` *`junior synonyms include G. spratti Adams 1877 and G. robustissima Tagliaferro 1913`*	*Geochelone elephantopus* *Geochelone remains as pictured by Adams, 1877*
`Family Emydidae` `Emys orbicularis Linnaeus, 1758` `Pliestocene`	*Emys orbicularis*

Subclass: Lepidosaura
Order: Squamata

Suborder: Lacertilia
Lacerta siculimelitensis Bohme & Zammit-Maempel, 1982 Pliestocene
?Podarcis filfolensis (Bedriaga,1876)
Pliestocene

Podarcis filfolensis filfolensis

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