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List of least concern reptiles

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As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 2,900 least concern reptile species.[1] 56% of all evaluated reptile species are listed as least concern. The IUCN also lists two reptile subspecies as least concern.

Thumb2 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

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.

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Turtles and tortoises

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Species

Subspecies

  • Brisbane short-necked turtle (Emydura macquarii signata)
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Crocodilia species

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Tuatara

Lizards

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

Anguids

Includes slowworms, glass lizards, and alligator lizards.

Diplodactylids

Girdled lizards

Chameleons

Plated lizards

Carphodactylids

Anoles

Gekkonids

Wall lizards

Skinks

Species

Subspecies

Hoplocercin species

Collared lizards

Spectacled lizards

Sphaerodactylids

Night lizards

Teiids

Includes whiptails and tegus.

Worm lizards

Neotropical ground lizards

Eublepharids

Dragon lizards

Phyllodactylids

Phrynosomatids

Varanids

Liolaemids

Leiosaurids

Corytophanids

Madagascan iguanas

Other lizard species

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Snakes

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There are 1192 snake species assessed as least concern.

Pseudoxyrhophiids

Typhlopid blind snakes

Boids

Vipers

Prosymnids

  • Angolan shovel-snout (Prosymna ambigua)
  • Angola shovel-snout (Prosymna angolensis)
  • Jan's shovel-snout (Prosymna janii)
  • Ghana shovel-snout (Prosymna meleagris)
  • Pitman's shovelsnout snake (Prosymna pitmani)

Dipsadids

Xenodermatids

Shield-tailed snakes

Pythons

Elapids

Calamariids

Lamprophiids

  • Cape file snake (Gonionotophis capensis)
  • Savanna lesser file snake (Gonionotophis grantii)
  • Matschie's African ground snake (Gonionotophis klingi)
  • Black file snake (Gonionotophis nyassae)
  • Aurora house snake (Lamprophis aurora)
  • Tanganyika water snake (Lycodonomorphus bicolor)
  • Black house snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus)
  • Lined water snake (Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus)
  • Whyte's water snake (Lycodonomorphus whytii)
  • Eastern wolf snake (Lycophidion acutirostre)
  • Lycophidion albomaculatum
  • Lycophidion nigromaculatum
  • Forest wolf snake (Lycophidion ornatum)
  • Lycophidion semicinctum

Indo-Australian water snakes

Colubrids

Keelbacks

Burrowing asps

Pareatids

Thread snakes

Psammophiids

Pseudoxenodontids

Other snake species

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