List of REPTILIA species in Burkina Faso



This is a list of REPTILIA in Burkina Faso 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
Bamanophis dorri 13264896 LC
Chalcides thierryi Thierry's Cylindrical Skink 13152348 LC
Varanus exanthematicus Savannah Monitor 178346 LC
Chamaeleo senegalensis Senegal Chameleon 176312 LC
Tricheilostoma bicolor Two-colored Blind Snake 178535 LC
Myriopholis boueti Bouet’s Worm Snake 13292136 LC
Dasypeltis fasciata Central African Egg-eating Snake 176779 LC
Echis leucogaster White-bellied Carpet Viper 197483 LC
Naja katiensis Mali Cobra 13265887 LC
Naja senegalensis 13265924 LC
Hemitheconyx caudicinctus Fat-tail Gecko 203830 LC
Atractaspis micropholis Sahelian Burrowing Asp 17364025 LC
Telescopus variegatus West African Cat Snake 177548 LC
Mecistops cataphractus Slender-snouted Crocodile 5660 CR
Atractaspis dahomeyensis Mole Viper 13264447 LC
Polemon neuwiedi Ivory Coast Snake-eater 13264680 LC
Cyclanorbis senegalensis Senegal Flapshell Turtle 6005 VU
Tarentola parvicarinata White-spotted Wall Gecko 13152225 LC

 

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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)