List of REPTILIA species in Benin



This is a list of REPTILIA in Benin according to the IUCN Red List.

This list was last updated 2019-09-14

 

This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.

Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.

scientific_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Hemidactylus beninensis 203839 LC
Hemidactylus lamaensis 203842 DD
Pelusios niger West African Black Mud Turtle 163440 NT
Acanthodactylus boueti Chabanaud's Fringe-fingered Lizard 13151858 DD
Gonionotophis grantii Savanna Lesser File Snake 176810 LC
Lycophidion semicinctum 176855 LC
Natriciteres fuliginoides Collared Marsh-Snake 176865 LC
Panaspis togoensis Togo Skink 186093 LC
Kinixys homeana Home's Hinged-backed Tortoise 11003 VU
Atheris chlorechis Western Bush Viper 178495 LC
Agama parafricana 16393603 LC
Dendroaspis viridis Western Green Mamba 13265799 LC
Python regius Royal Python 177562 LC
Hemidactylus albivertebralis 16393639 DD
Mochlus guineensis Guinean Forest Skink 178637 LC
Chamaeleo necasi Necas's Chameleon 172543 DD

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)