List of REPTILIA species in Ethiopia



This is a list of REPTILIA in Ethiopia 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 smithi Smith's Leaf-toed Gecko 178392 DD
Rieppeleon kerstenii Kenya Pygmy Chameleon 172535 LC
Meizodon plumbiceps Black-headed Smooth Snake 176863 LC
Rhinoleptus parkeri Parker’s Worm Snake 13292329 DD
Rhamphiophis rubropunctatus Red-spotted Beaked Snake 13300539 LC
Atractaspis fallax Peters’ Burrowing Asp 20878141 LC
Acanthocercus minutus 136545273 LC
Trioceros affinis Rueppell's Desert Chameleon 203820 LC
Trioceros balebicornutus Bale Two-horned Chameleon 203821 NT
Trioceros harennae Harenna Hornless Chameleon 203825 LC
Micrelaps vaillanti Black-headed Micrelaps 20878418 LC
Lygodactylus keniensis Parker's Dwarf Gecko 21267550 LC
Cordylus rivae Ethiopian Girdled Lizard 177559 LC
Hemidactylus squamulatus Tornier's Leaf-toed Gecko 18519749 LC
Pseuderemias striatus Peters' Sand Lizard 177911 DD
Agama persimilis Painted Agama 17450826 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)