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| Species Name | Scientific Name | Group | Range |
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1. |
Adriatic Sturgeon
|
Acipenser naccarii |
Fishes |
Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro |
2. |
Aegean Minnow
|
Phoxinus strymonicus |
Fishes |
Greece |
3. |
Alburnus belvica
|
Alburnus belvica |
Fishes |
Albania, Greece, Republic of Macedonia |
4. |
Alosa vistonica
|
Alosa vistonica |
Fishes |
Greece |
5. |
Angel Shark
|
Squatina squatina |
Fishes |
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
6. |
Angular Rough Shark
|
Oxynotus centrina |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
7. |
Aphanius almiriensis
|
Aphanius almiriensis |
Fishes |
Greece |
8. |
Apollo Butterfly
|
Parnassius apollo |
Insects |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
9. |
Audouin's Gull
|
Larus audouinii |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
10. |
Balearic Shearwater
|
Puffinus mauretanicus |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States) |
11. |
Barbus sperchiensis
|
Barbus sperchiensis |
Fishes |
Greece |
12. |
Barbus prespensis
|
Barbus prespensis |
Fishes |
Albania, Greece, Republic of Macedonia |
13. |
Barbus euboicus
|
Barbus euboicus |
Fishes |
Greece |
14. |
Bechstein's Bat
|
Myotis bechsteinii |
Mammals |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
15. |
Bindweed
|
Convolvulus argyrothamnos |
Plants |
Greece |
16. |
Black-tailed Godwit
|
Limosa limosa |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States Territory), Oceanic |
17. |
Black-winged Pratincole
|
Glareola nordmanni |
Birds |
Africa to Asia |
18. |
Blackchin Guitarfish
|
Rhinobatos cemiculus |
Fishes |
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
19. |
Blue Skate
|
Dipturus batis |
Fishes |
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
20. |
Bottlenose Skate
|
Rostroraja alba |
Fishes |
Africa, Europe |
21. |
Broad-fingered Crayfish
|
Astacus astacus |
Crustaceans |
Asia, Europe |
22. |
Bronze Whaler
|
Carcharhinus brachyurus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America |
|
23. |
Bulgarian Emerald
|
Somatochlora borisi |
Insects |
Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey |
24. |
Cape Shark
|
Squalus acanthias |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America |
25. |
Chamomile
|
Anthemis glaberrima |
Plants |
Greece |
26. |
Chondrostoma vardarense
|
Chondrostoma vardarense |
Fishes |
Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia |
27. |
Chondrostoma prespense
|
Chondrostoma prespense |
Fishes |
Albania, Greece, Republic of Macedonia |
28. |
Cinereous Bunting
|
Emberiza cineracea |
Birds |
Eritrea, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Yemen |
29. |
Cinereous Vulture
|
Aegypius monachus |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
30. |
Cobitis meridionalis
|
Cobitis meridionalis |
Fishes |
Albania, Greece, Republic of Macedonia |
31. |
Cobitis hellenica
|
Cobitis hellenica |
Fishes |
Greece |
32. |
Cobitis arachthosensis
|
Cobitis arachthosensis |
Fishes |
Greece |
33. |
Cobitis trichonica
|
Cobitis trichonica |
Fishes |
Greece |
34. |
Cobitis stephanidisi
|
Cobitis stephanidisi |
Fishes |
Greece |
35. |
Cobitis punctilineata
|
Cobitis punctilineata |
Fishes |
Greece |
36. |
Common Bentwing Bat
|
Miniopterus schreibersii |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
37. |
Common Guitarfish
|
Rhinobatos rhinobatos |
Fishes |
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
38. |
Common Tortoise
|
Testudo graeca |
Reptiles |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
39. |
Corfu Toothcarp
|
Valencia letourneuxi |
Fishes |
Albania, Greece |
40. |
Cretan Frog
|
Pelophylax cretensis |
Amphibians |
Greece |
41. |
Cretan Spotted Darner
|
Boyeria cretensis |
Insects |
Greece |
42. |
Cretan White-toothed Shrew
|
Crocidura zimmermanni |
Mammals |
Greece |
43. |
Cretan Zelkova
|
Zelkova abelicea |
Plants |
Greece |
44. |
Cyclades Blunt-nosed Viper
|
Macrovipera schweizeri |
Reptiles |
Greece |
|
45. |
Dalmatian Pelican
|
Pelecanus crispus |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
46. |
Dark Guest Ant
|
Anergates atratulus |
Insects |
Europe |
47. |
Dartford Warbler
|
Sylvia undata |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
48. |
Doiran Bleak
|
Alburnus macedonicus |
Fishes |
Greece, Republic of Macedonia |
49. |
Dusky Grouper
|
Epinephelus marginatus |
Fishes |
Africa, Europe, Middle East, South America |
50. |
Egyptian Vulture
|
Neophron percnopterus |
Birds |
Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
51. |
Ellinopygosteos
|
Pungitius hellenicus |
Fishes |
Greece |
52. |
Epimyrma adlerzi
|
Epimyrma adlerzi |
Insects |
Greece |
53. |
Epirus Water Frog
|
Pelophylax epeiroticus |
Amphibians |
Albania, Greece |
54. |
Eurasian Curlew
|
Numenius arquata |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic |
55. |
Eurasian Otter
|
Lutra lutra |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
56. |
Eurasian Peregrine Falcon
|
Falco peregrinus peregrinus |
Birds |
Eurasia south to Africa and Mideast |
57. |
European Eel
|
Anguilla anguilla |
Fishes |
European coasts from the Black Sea to the White Sea (Russia), Rivers of the North Atlantic, Baltic and Mediterranean Seas |
58. |
European Ground Squirrel
|
Spermophilus citellus |
Mammals |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
59. |
European Marbled Polecat
|
Vormela peregusna |
Mammals |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
60. |
European Rabbit
|
Oryctolagus cuniculus |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America (including United States), South America |
61. |
European Roller
|
Coracias garrulus |
Birds |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
62. |
Ferruginous Duck
|
Aythya nyroca |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
63. |
Ghizani
|
Ladigesocypris ghigii |
Fishes |
Greece |
64. |
Giant Butterfly Ray
|
Gymnura altavela |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America |
65. |
Giant Noctule Bat
|
Nyctalus lasiopterus |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
66. |
Goldstreifiger
|
Buprestis splendens |
Insects |
Asia, Europe |
|
67. |
Gray Nurse Shark
|
Carcharias taurus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory), Oceanic, South America |
68. |
Great Bustard
|
Otis tarda |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
69. |
Great Snipe
|
Gallinago media |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe |
70. |
Great White Shark
|
Carcharodon carcharias |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), Oceanic, South America |
71. |
Greater Spotted Eagle
|
Aquila clanga |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
72. |
Greek Algyroides
|
Algyroides moreoticus |
Reptiles |
Greece |
73. |
Greek Brook Lamprey
|
Eudontomyzon hellenicus |
Fishes |
Greece |
74. |
Greek Goldenwing
|
Cordulegaster helladica |
Insects |
Greece |
75. |
Greek Red Damselfly
|
Pyrrhosoma elisabethae |
Insects |
Albania, Greece |
76. |
Greek Rock Lizard
|
Lacerta graeca |
Reptiles |
Greece |
77. |
Gulper Shark
|
Centrophorus granulosus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), South America |
78. |
Hare's-ear
|
Bupleurum kakiskalae |
Plants |
Greece |
79. |
Horstrissea dolinicola
|
Horstrissea dolinicola |
Plants |
Greece |
80. |
Karpathos Frog
|
Pelophylax cerigensis |
Amphibians |
Greece |
81. |
Karpathos Lycian Salamander
|
Lyciasalamandra helverseni |
Amphibians |
Greece |
82. |
Knipowitschia thessala
|
Knipowitschia thessala |
Fishes |
Greece |
83. |
Knipowitschia milleri
|
Knipowitschia milleri |
Fishes |
Greece |
84. |
Krueper's Nuthatch
|
Sitta krueperi |
Birds |
Georgia (Eurasia), Greece, Turkey |
85. |
Larkspur
|
Consolida samia |
Plants |
Greece |
86. |
Lesser Kestrel
|
Falco naumanni |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
87. |
Lesser White-fronted Goose
|
Anser erythropus |
Birds |
Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America (United States Territory) |
88. |
Liparia
|
Alosa macedonica |
Fishes |
Greece |
|
89. |
Liver-oil Shark
|
Galeorhinus galeus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States and Hawaii), South America |
90. |
Long-fingered Bat
|
Myotis capaccinii |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
91. |
Long-nosed Skate
|
Dipturus oxyrinchus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
92. |
Luciobarbus graecus
|
Luciobarbus graecus |
Fishes |
Albania, Greece |
93. |
Luschan's Salamander
|
Lyciasalamandra luschani |
Amphibians |
Greece, Turkey |
94. |
Lycaena ottomanus
|
Lycaena ottomanus |
Insects |
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey |
95. |
Meadow Viper
|
Vipera ursinii |
Reptiles |
Europe |
96. |
Mediterranean Horseshoe Bat
|
Rhinolophus euryale |
Mammals |
Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Georgia (Eurasia), Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Portugal, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey |
97. |
Mediterranean Monk Seal
|
Monachus monachus |
Mammals |
Mediterranean Sea, Northwest African Coast and Black Sea |
98. |
Mehely's Horseshoe Bat
|
Rhinolophus mehelyi |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
99. |
Miles Wall Lizard
|
Podarcis milensis |
Reptiles |
Greece |
100. |
Milkwort
|
Polygala helenae |
Plants |
Greece |
101. |
Minuartia dirphya
|
Minuartia dirphya |
Plants |
Greece |
102. |
Nanogovios
|
Economidichthys trichonis |
Fishes |
Greece |
103. |
Niphargobates lefkodemonaki
|
Niphargobates lefkodemonaki |
Crustaceans |
Greece |
104. |
One-finned Shark
|
Heptranchias perlo |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, North America (including United States), South America |
105. |
Orthotrichum scanicum
|
Orthotrichum scanicum |
Plants |
Asia, Europe |
106. |
Oxychilus amaltheae
|
Oxychilus amaltheae |
Snails |
Greece |
107. |
Oxynoemacheilus pindus
|
Oxynoemacheilus pindus |
Fishes |
Greece |
108. |
Pallid Harrier
|
Circus macrourus |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
109. |
Pelagos Trout
|
Salmo pelagonicus |
Fishes |
Albania, Greece, Republic of Macedonia |
110. |
Pelasgus thesproticus
|
Pelasgus thesproticus |
Fishes |
Albania, Greece |
|
111. |
Pelasgus prespensis
|
Pelasgus prespensis |
Fishes |
Albania, Greece, Republic of Macedonia |
112. |
Pelasgus marathonicus
|
Pelasgus marathonicus |
Fishes |
Greece |
113. |
Pelasgus laconicus
|
Pelasgus laconicus |
Fishes |
Greece |
114. |
Pelasgus epiroticus
|
Pelasgus epiroticus |
Fishes |
Greece |
115. |
Peloponnese Slow Worm
|
Anguis cephalonnica |
Reptiles |
Greece |
116. |
Potamon rhodium
|
Potamon rhodium |
Crustaceans |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
117. |
Potamon potamios
|
Potamon potamios |
Crustaceans |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
118. |
Potamon ibericum
|
Potamon ibericum |
Crustaceans |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
119. |
Potamon fluviatile
|
Potamon fluviatile |
Crustaceans |
Asia, Europe |
120. |
Prespa Spirlin
|
Alburnoides prespensis |
Fishes |
Albania, Greece, Republic of Macedonia |
121. |
Rabbitfish
|
Chimaera monstrosa |
Fishes |
Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East |
122. |
Red Porgy
|
Pagrus pagrus |
Fishes |
Asia, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, Mexico, United States |
123. |
Red-breasted Goose
|
Branta ruficollis |
Birds |
Asia, Europe, Middle East |
124. |
Roach's Mouse-tailed Dormouse
|
Myomimus roachi |
Mammals |
Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey |
125. |
Rosalia Longicorn
|
Rosalia alpina |
Insects |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
126. |
Rutilus ylikiensis
|
Rutilus ylikiensis |
Fishes |
Greece |
127. |
Rutilus prespensis
|
Rutilus prespensis |
Fishes |
Albania, Greece, Republic of Macedonia |
128. |
Rutilus panosi
|
Rutilus panosi |
Fishes |
Greece |
129. |
Rutilus meidingeri
|
Rutilus meidingeri |
Fishes |
Greece |
130. |
Saker Falcon
|
Falco cherrug |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe |
131. |
Salaria economidisi
|
Salaria economidisi |
Fishes |
Greece |
132. |
Salmo peristericus
|
Salmo peristericus |
Fishes |
Greece, Republic of Macedonia |
|
133. |
Saponaria jagelii
|
Saponaria jagelii |
Plants |
Greece |
134. |
Scardinius graecus
|
Scardinius graecus |
Fishes |
Greece |
135. |
Scardinius acarnanicus
|
Scardinius acarnanicus |
Fishes |
Greece |
136. |
Semi-collared Flycatcher
|
Ficedula semitorquata |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
137. |
Skyros Wall Lizard
|
Podarcis gaigeae |
Reptiles |
Greece |
138. |
Slender-billed Curlew
|
Numenius tenuirostris |
Birds |
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
139. |
Smoothback Angel Shark
|
Squatina oculata |
Fishes |
Europe, Africa, and the Middle East |
140. |
Sociable Lapwing
|
Vanellus gregarius |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
141. |
Squalius sp. nov. 'Evia'
|
Squalius sp. nov. 'Evia' |
Fishes |
Greece |
142. |
Squalius sp. nov. 'Aoos'
|
Squalius sp. nov. 'Aoos' |
Fishes |
Albania, Greece |
143. |
Squalius moreoticus
|
Squalius moreoticus |
Fishes |
Greece |
144. |
Squalius keadicus
|
Squalius keadicus |
Fishes |
Greece |
145. |
Stonecress
|
Aethionema retsina |
Plants |
Greece |
146. |
Strongylognathus silvestrii
|
Strongylognathus silvestrii |
Insects |
Greece |
147. |
Telestes beoticus
|
Telestes beoticus |
Fishes |
Greece |
148. |
Thessaly Gudgeon
|
Gobio feraeensis |
Fishes |
Greece |
149. |
Tropidophoxinellus spartiaticus
|
Tropidophoxinellus spartiaticus |
Fishes |
Greece |
150. |
Turkish Red Damsel
|
Ceriagrion georgifreyi |
Insects |
Greece, Syria, Turkey |
151. |
Vistonis Shemaja
|
Alburnus vistonicus |
Fishes |
Greece |
152. |
Volvi Bleak
|
Alburnus sp. nov. 'Volvi' |
Fishes |
Greece, Republic of Macedonia |
153. |
Western Barbastelle
|
Barbastella barbastellus |
Mammals |
Africa, Asia, Europe |
154. |
White Grouper
|
Epinephelus aeneus |
Fishes |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |
|
155. |
White-headed Duck
|
Oxyura leucocephala |
Birds |
Africa to Asia |
156. |
Yalartza
|
Alburnus volviticus |
Fishes |
Greece |
157. |
Yelkouan Shearwater
|
Puffinus yelkouan |
Birds |
Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East |