Atlas
Snakes, lizards, turtles, amphibians, birds, mammals, and spiders — open a group for profiles, photos, and guides.
Species
Scientific and common names, risk, and field photos — verified profiles.
Endemic spotlight
Vipera dinniki
An endemic venomous viper of the Greater Caucasus.
It lives at roughly 1,500–2,800 meters — in the upper forest zone, subalpine meadows, and rocky terrain. Its range is fragmented; IUCN lists the species as Vulnerable.
Pseudopus apodus
The European glass lizard is harmless to people and has no venom. If you find one in a yard or garden, leave it where it is and do not kill it because it looks like a snake.
Paralaudakia caucasia
Caucasian agama (Paralaudakia caucasia) in Georgia — how to identify it, where it lives in rocky habitats, how large it grows, and why it is harmless to people.
Mertensiella caucasica
A harmless stream salamander with yellow spots. Georgia’s only true salamander.
Georgia’s biodiversity
Georgia’s short geographic span holds mountain endemics, Colchic forest vipers, wetland snakes, and arid-east specialists. Tap a region to begin.
Hover or tap a region — or open the full regional atlas
New
Editorial news and species profiles updated in the atlas.
Guides
Identification, safer encounters, and field practice — without the noise.
Safety
Six medically significant vipers — risk levels, identification traits, and safe encounter practice.
Contributors
Researchers and photographers whose photos appear on species profiles — each has a page here.
Ranger at Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park and wildlife photographer. For years he has worked in the protected area, combining nature protection with documenting the diversity of Georgia’s wildlife.
Ioane Rostiashvili is a young researcher and a student at Ilia State University. He works as an amateur herpetologist (studying reptiles), an entomologist, and a wildlife photographer.
Digital atlas
Reptiles.ge is a bilingual atlas of animals in Georgia. Identification, habitat, region, and safer encounters — for hikers, students, and researchers. Reptiles are still the deepest layer.
Species profiles with field photos, maps for twelve regions, and a guide to medically significant snakes. New profiles and sources are added in the same structure.
Atlas
Profiles, regional maps, and field photos in one structure.
