List of vulnerable reptiles

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2 extinct in the wild reptile species (0.04%)196 critically endangered reptile species (3.8%)382 endangered reptile species (7.4%)411 vulnerable reptile species (8.0%)329 near threatened reptile species (6.4%)2900 least concern reptile species (57%)910 data deficient reptile species (18%)Circle frame.svg
Reptile species (IUCN, 2016-2)
  • 5130 extant species have been evaluated
  • 4220 of those are fully assessed[a]
  • 3229 are not threatened at present[b]
  • 989 to 1899 are threatened[c]
  • 26 to 43 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 24 extinct (EX) species[d]
    • 2 extinct in the wild (EW)
    • 17 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
    • 0 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]
  1. ^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
  2. ^ NT, LR/cd, LC.
  3. ^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
  4. ^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species
Vulnerable (VU) species are considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 411 vulnerable reptile species.[1] 8.0% of all evaluated reptile species are listed as vulnerable. The IUCN also lists ten reptile subspecies as vulnerable.

No subpopulations of reptiles have been evaluated as vulnerable by the IUCN.

For a species to be assessed as vulnerable to extinction the best available evidence must meet quantitative criteria set by the IUCN designed to reflect "a high risk of extinction in the wild". Endangered and critically endangered species also meet the quantitative criteria of vulnerable species, and are listed separately. See: List of endangered reptiles, List of critically endangered reptiles. Vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered species are collectively referred to as threatened species by the IUCN.

Additionally 910 reptile species (18% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient, meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN.[2] While the category of data deficient indicates that no assessment of extinction risk has been made for the taxa, the IUCN notes that it may be appropriate to give them "the same degree of attention as threatened taxa, at least until their status can be assessed."[3]

This is a complete list of vulnerable reptile species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN.

Turtles and tortoises[]

There are 62 turtle species assessed as vulnerable.

Tortoises[]

  • African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata)
  • Volcán Wolf giant tortoise (Chelonoidis becki)
  • San Cristobal giant tortoise (Chelonoidis chathamensis)
  • Chaco tortoise (Chelonoidis chilensis)
  • Yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)
  • Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans)
  • Aldabra giant tortoise (Geochelone gigantea)
  • Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)
  • Bolson tortoise (Gopherus flavomarginatus)
  • Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)
  • Nama padloper (Homopus solus)
  • Travancore tortoise (Indotestudo travancorica)
  • Home's hinge-back tortoise (Kinixys homeana)
  • Pancake tortoise (Malacochersus tornieri)
  • Impressed tortoise (Manouria impressa)
  • Spur-thighed tortoise (Testudo graeca)
  • Russian tortoise (Testudo horsfieldii)

Geoemydids[]

  • Amboina box turtle (Cuora amboinensis)
  • Black pond turtle (Geoclemys hamiltonii)
  • Brahminy river turtle (Hardella thurjii)
  • Giant Asian pond turtle (Heosemys grandis)
  • Mekong snail-eating turtle (Malayemys subtrijuga)
  • Tricarinate hill turtle (Melanochelys tricarinata)
  • Burmese eyed turtle (Morenia ocellata)
  • Indian eyed turtle (Morenia petersi)
  • Malayan flat-shelled turtle (Notochelys platynota)
  • Black marsh turtle (Siebenrockiella crassicollis)

Trionychids[]

  • Asiatic softshell turtle (Amyda cartilaginea)
  • Senegal flapshell turtle (Cyclanorbis senegalensis)
  • Indian softshell turtle (Nilssonia gangetica)
  • Indian peacock softshell turtle (Nilssonia hurum)
  • Leith's softshell turtle (Nilssonia leithii)
  • New Guinea giant softshell turtle (Pelochelys bibroni)
  • Chinese softshell turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)

Chelids[]

  • Parker's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina parkeri)
  • White-bellied snapping turtle (Elseya branderhorsti)
  • Brazilian snake-necked turtle (Hydromedusa maximiliani)
  • Zulia toad-headed sideneck (Mesoclemmys zuliae)
  • Fitzroy River turtle (Rheodytes leukops)

Emydids[]

  • Western pond turtle (Actinemys marmorata)
  • Barbour's map turtle (Graptemys barbouri)
  • Yellow-blotched map turtle (Graptemys flavimaculata)
  • Ringed map turtle (Graptemys oculifera)
  • Common box turtle (Terrapene carolina)
  • Hispaniolan slider (Trachemys decorata)
  • Big Bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae)
  • Ornate slider (Trachemys ornata)
  • Jamaican slider (Trachemys terrapen)
  • Yaqui slider (Trachemys yaquia)

Other turtle species[]

  • Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta)
  • Pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta)
  • Central American snapping turtle (Chelydra rossignonii)
  • Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea)
  • Central American mud turtle (Kinosternon angustipons)
  • Dunn's mud turtle (Kinosternon dunni)
  • Olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea)
  • Alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii)
  • Big-headed Amazon River turtle (Peltocephalus dumerilianus)
  • Turkana mud turtle (Pelusios broadleyi)
  • Red-headed Amazon River turtle (Podocnemis erythrocephala)
  • Six-tubercled Amazon River turtle (Podocnemis sextuberculata)
  • Yellow-spotted river turtle (Podocnemis unifilis)

Crocodilia species[]

  • American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus)
  • Mugger crocodile (Crocodylus palustris)
  • Dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
  • False gharial (Tomistoma schlegelii)

Tuatara[]

  • Brothers Island tuatara (Sphenodon guntheri)

Lizards[]

There are 244 species and nine subspecies of lizard assessed as vulnerable.

Iguanids[]

Includes iguanas and related species.

Species

Subspecies

  • (Amblyrhynchus cristatus albemarlensis)
  • (Amblyrhynchus cristatus hassi)
  • (Amblyrhynchus cristatus sielmanni)
  • (Amblyrhynchus cristatus venustissimus)
  • Cuban rock iguana (Cyclura nubila nubila)

Flap-footed lizards[]

  • Hermite Island worm-lizard (Aprasia rostrata)
  • Striped legless lizard (Delma impar)
  • Striped-tailed delma (Delma labialis)
  • Collared delma (Delma torquata)
  • Bronzeback snake-lizard (Ophidiocephalus taeniatus)
  • Brigalow scaly-foot (Paradelma orientalis)

Anguids[]

Includes slowworms, glass lizards, and alligator lizards.

Girdled lizards[]

  • Giant girdled lizard (Cordylus giganteus)
  • McLachlan's girdled lizard (Cordylus mclachlani)
  • (Cordylus nebulosus)
  • (Cordylus tasmani)
  • Armadillo girdled lizard (Ouroborus cataphractus)
  • Emperor flat lizard (Platysaurus imperator)

Chameleons[]

Plated lizards[]

Anoles[]

Gekkonids[]

Wall lizards[]

Species

  • Acanthodactylus felicis
  • Leopard fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus pardalis)
  • Darevskia alpina
  • Mosor rock lizard (Dinarolacerta mosorensis)
  • Iberian rock lizard (Iberolacerta monticola)
  • Skyros wall lizard (Podarcis gaigeae)
  • Podarcis levendis
  • Milos wall lizard (Podarcis milensis)

Subspecies

Skinks[]

Species

Subspecies

  • (Liopholis pulchra longicauda)

Spectacled lizards[]

Teiids[]

Includes whiptails and tegus.

  • Censky's ameiva (Ameiva corax)
  • Sombrero ameiva (Ameiva corvina)
  • (Ameiva maynardii)
  • (Aspidoscelis gypsi)
  • Aspidoscelis labialis
  • San Pedro Martir whiptail (Aspidoscelis martyris)
  • Saint Lucia whiptail (Cnemidophorus vanzoi)

Dragon lizards[]

Phyllodactylids[]

  • Asaccus montanus
  • Belize leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus insularis)
  • Western leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus lepidopygus)
  • Boavista wall gecko (Tarentola boavistensis)
  • Helmeted gecko (Tarentola chazaliae)

Phrynosomatids[]

Liolaemids[]

Other lizard species[]

Snakes[]

There are 100 species and one subspecies of snake assessed as vulnerable.

Pseudoxyrhophiids[]

Vipers[]

Species

Subspecies

Dipsadids[]

  • Stuart's burrowing snake (Adelphicos veraepacis)
  • Modest ground snake (Atractus modestus)
  • (Atractus nicefori)
  • (Atractus roulei)
  • Tropical forest snake (Calamodontophis paucidens)
  • (Coniophanes dromiciformis)
  • Dixon's ground snake (Erythrolamprus atraventer)
  • Southern hognose snake (Heterodon simus)
  • Omoadiphas aurula
  • (Rhadinaea fulvivittis)
  • (Rhadinella montecristi)
  • Tantalophis discolor

Elapids[]

  • Pygmy copperhead (Austrelaps labialis)
  • South Andaman krait (Bungarus andamanensis)
  • Red River krait (Bungarus slowinskii)
  • Ornamental snake (Denisonia maculata)
  • Lake Cronin snake (Echiopsis atriceps)
  • Dunmall's snake (Furina dunmalli)
  • Broad-headed snake (Hoplocephalus bungaroides)
  • Lake Taal snake (Hydrophis semperi)
  • Crocker's sea snake (Laticauda crockeri)
  • Katuali (Laticauda schistorhynchus)
  • Solomons black-banded krait (Loveridgelaps elapoides)
  • Oaxacan coral snake (Micrurus ephippifer)
  • Chinese cobra (Naja atra)
  • Mandalay spitting cobra (Naja mandalayensis)
  • Indochinese spitting cobra (Naja siamensis)
  • King cobra (Ophiophagus hannah)
  • (Toxicocalamus longissimus)

Colubrids[]

Keelbacks[]

Other snake species[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "IUCN Red List version 2016-2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  2. ^ "Limitations of the Data". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  3. ^ "2001 Categories & Criteria (version 3.1)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 11 January 2016.


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