List of least concern 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%)
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

As of September 2016, the

reptile species.[1]
56% of all evaluated reptile species are listed as least concern. The IUCN also lists two reptile subspecies as least concern.

Of the subpopulations of reptiles evaluated by the IUCN, six species subpopulations have been assessed as least concern.

This is a complete list of least concern reptile species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have least concern subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated.

Turtles and tortoises

Species

Subspecies

Crocodilia species

  • American alligator
    (Alligator mississippiensis)
  • Spectacled caiman
    (Caiman crocodilus)
  • Broad-snouted caiman
    (Caiman latirostris)
  • Yacare caiman
    (Caiman yacare)
  • Freshwater crocodile
    (Crocodylus johnsoni)
  • Morelet's crocodile
    (Crocodylus moreletii)
  • Nile crocodile
    (Crocodylus niloticus)
  • New Guinea crocodile
    (Crocodylus novaeguineae)
  • Saltwater crocodile
    (Crocodylus porosus)
  • Cuvier's dwarf caiman
    (Paleosuchus palpebrosus)
  • Smooth-fronted caiman
    (Paleosuchus trigonatus)

Tuatara

  • Cook Strait tuatara
    (Sphenodon punctatus)

Lizards

There are 1657 species and one subspecies of lizard assessed as least concern.

Anguids

Includes slowworms, glass lizards, and alligator lizards.

Diplodactylids

  • Western stone gecko (Diplodactylus granariensis)
  • Ornate stone gecko (Diplodactylus ornatus)
  • Gold-striped gecko
    (Hoplodactylus chrysosireticus)
  • Duvaucel's gecko
    (Hoplodactylus duvauceli)
  • Rough gecko
    (Naultinus rudis)
  • Gargoyle gecko
    (Rhacodactylus auriculatus)
  • New Caledonia giant gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus)
  • Northern spiny-tailed gecko
    (Strophurus ciliaris)
  • Southern phasmid gecko (Strophurus jeanae)
  • Robust striped gecko
    (Strophurus michaelseni)

Girdled lizards

Chameleons

Plated lizards

Carphodactylids

Anoles

Gekkonids

Wall lizards

Skinks

Species

Subspecies

Hoplocercin species

Collared lizards

  • Great Basin collared lizard
    (Crotaphytus bicinctores)
  • Common collared lizard
    (Crotaphytus collaris)
  • Tiburon collared lizard (Crotaphytus dickersonae)
  • Grimser's collared lizard
    (Crotaphytus grismeri)
  • Crotaphytus insularis
  • Sonoran collared lizard (Crotaphytus nebrius)
  • Baja California collared lizard
    (Crotaphytus vestigium)
  • Baja California leopard lizard
    (Gambelia copeii)
  • Long-nosed leopard lizard
    (Gambelia wislizenii)

Spectacled lizards

Sphaerodactylids

Night lizards

Teiids

Includes whiptails and tegus.

Worm lizards

Neotropical ground lizards

Eublepharids

  • Texas banded gecko
    (Coleonyx brevis)
  • Yucatan banded gecko
    (Coleonyx elegans)
  • Black banded gecko
    (Coleonyx fasciatus)
  • Coleonyx gypsicolus
  • Central American banded gecko
    (Coleonyx mitratus)
  • Reticulate banded gecko
    (Coleonyx reticulatus)
  • Switak's banded gecko
    (Coleonyx switaki)
  • Western banded gecko
    (Coleonyx variegatus)
  • Western Indian leopard gecko
    (Eublepharis fuscus)
  • Eastern Indian leopard gecko
    (Eublepharis hardwickii)
  • Turkmenistan eyelid gecko
    (Eublepharis turcmenicus)
  • African fat-tailed gecko
    (Hemitheconyx caudicinctus)

Dragon lizards

Phyllodactylids

  • Asaccus caudivolvulus
  • Asaccus elisae
  • Gallagher's gecko (Asaccus gallagheri)
  • Gray-spotted leaf-toed gecko (Asaccus griseonotus)
  • Kermanshah leaf-toed gecko (Asaccus kermanshahensis)
  • Asaccus kurdistanensis
  • Asaccus nasrullahi
  • Asaccus platyrhynchus
  • Haemodracon riebeckii
  • Pygmy Socotran leaf-toed gecko (Haemodracon trachyrhinus)
  • Cei's marked gecko
    (Homonota andicola)
  • Borelli's marked gecko
    (Homonota borellii)
  • Darwin's marked gecko (Homonota darwinii)
  • South American marked gecko (Homonota fasciata)
  • Chilean marked gecko
    (Homonota gaudichaudii)
  • Homonota underwoodi
  • Barrington leaf-toed gecko
    (Phyllodactylus barringtonensis)
  • Phyllodactylus bordai
  • Phyllodactylus bugastrolepis
  • Phyllodactylus davisi
  • Phyllodactylus delcampoi
  • Dixon's leaf-toed gecko
    (Phyllodactylus dixoni)
  • Phyllodactylus duellmani
  • South American leaf-toed gecko
    (Phyllodactylus gerrhopygus)
  • Phyllodactylus homolepidurus
  • Peru leaf-toed gecko
    (Phyllodactylus inaequalis)
  • Andes leaf-toed gecko
    (Phyllodactylus interandinus)
  • Coastal leaf-toed gecko
    (Phyllodactylus kofordi)
  • Phyllodactylus lanei
  • Central leaf-toed gecko
    (Phyllodactylus microphyllus)
  • Phyllodactylus muralis
  • Phyllodactylus partidus
  • Peters' leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus reissii)
  • Colombian leaf-toed gecko
    (Phyllodactylus transversalis)
  • Phyllodactylus tuberculosus
  • Margarita leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus ventralis)
  • Xantus Leaf-toed Gecko (Phyllodactylus xanti)
  • Oudri's Fan-footed Gecko
    (Ptyodactylus oudrii)
  • American wall gecko
    (Tarentola americana)
  • East Canary gecko
    (Tarentola angustimentalis)
  • Bocage's wall gecko
    (Tarentola bocagei)
  • Böhme's Gecko
    (Tarentola boehmei)
  • Boettger's wall gecko
    (Tarentola boettgeri)
  • Santo Antão wall gecko
    (Tarentola caboverdiana)
  • Darwin's wall gecko
    (Tarentola darwini)
  • Tenerife gecko
    (Tarentola delalandii)
  • Desert Wall Gecko
    (Tarentola deserti)
  • Fogo wall gecko
    (Tarentola fogoensis)
  • Gomero wall gecko
    (Tarentola gomerensis)
  • Maio wall gecko
    (Tarentola maioensis)
  • Common wall gecko (Tarentola mauritanica)
  • Qattara gecko
    (Tarentola mindiae)
  • Algerian wall gecko
    (Tarentola neglecta)
  • São Nicolau wall gecko
    (Tarentola nicolauensis)
  • Tarentola pastoria
  • Tarentola protogigas
  • Tarentola senegambiae
  • São Vicente wall gecko
    (Tarentola substituta)

Phrynosomatids

Varanids

  • Bengal monitor
    (Varanus bengalensis)
  • Bogert's monitor
    (Varanus bogerti)
  • Yellow-headed water monitor
    (Varanus cumingi)
  • Blue-tailed monitor
    (Varanus doreanus)
  • Savannah monitor
    (Varanus exanthematicus)
  • Finsch's monitor
    (Varanus finschi)
  • Yellow monitor
    (Varanus flavescens)
  • Kimberley rock monitor
    (Varanus glauerti)
  • Mangrove monitor
    (Varanus indicus)
  • Peach-throated monitor
    (Varanus jobiensis)
  • Rennell Island monitor
    (Varanus juxtindicus)
  • Marbled water monitor
    (Varanus marmoratus)
  • Emerald tree monitor
    (Varanus prasinus)
  • Northern blunt-spined monitor
    (Varanus primordius)
  • Rosenberg's monitor
    (Varanus rosenbergi)
  • Crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii)
  • Asian water monitor
    (Varanus salvator)
  • Banded tree monitor
    (Varanus scalaris)
  • Isabel monitor (Varanus spinulosus)

Liolaemids

Leiosaurids

Corytophanids

  • Common basilisk
    (Basiliscus basiliscus)
  • Plumed basilisk
    (Basiliscus plumifrons)
  • Brown basilisk
    (Basiliscus vittatus)
  • Helmeted iguana
    (Corytophanes cristatus)
  • Corytophanes hernandesii
  • Guatemalan helmeted basilisk
    (Corytophanes percarinatus)
  • Eastern casquehead iguana
    (Laemanctus longipes)
  • Laemanctus serratus

Madagascan iguanas

Other lizard species

Snakes

There are 1192 snake species assessed as least concern.

Pseudoxyrhophiids

Typhlopid blind snakes

Boids

Vipers

Prosymnids

Dipsadids

Xenodermatids

Shield-tailed snakes

Pythons

  • Children's python
    (Antaresia childreni)
  • Spotted python
    (Antaresia maculosa)
  • Pygmy python
    (Antaresia perthensis)
  • Stimson's python
    (Antaresia stimsoni)
  • Black-headed python
    (Aspidites melanocephalus)
  • Bismarck ringed python
    (Bothrochilus boa)
  • D'Albertis' python
    (Leiopython albertisii)
  • Brown water python
    (Liasis fuscus)
  • Reticulated python
    (Malayopython reticulatus)
  • Amethystine python
    (Morelia amethistina)
  • Carpet python (Morelia spilota)
  • Green tree python
    (Morelia viridis)
  • Anchieta's dwarf python (Python anchietae)
  • Borneo Python
    (Python breitensteini)
  • Brongersma's short-tailed python (Python brongersmai)
  • Sumatran short-tailed python
    (Python curtus)
  • Ball python
    (Python regius)

Elapids

Calamariids

Lamprophiids

Indo-Australian water snakes

Colubrids

Keelbacks

Burrowing asps

Pareatids

Thread snakes

Psammophiids

Pseudoxenodontids

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.