List of REPTILIA species in Nigeria



This is a list of REPTILIA in Nigeria 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
Baikia africana West African Worm Lizard 203806 DD
Cynisca gansi 203808 CR
Cynisca kigomensis 203810 CR
Cynisca nigeriensis 203816 VU
Cnemaspis gigas Giant Forest Gecko 203833 DD
Cnemaspis petrodroma Ondo Forest Gecko 203835 DD
Hemidactylus matschiei Togo Leaf-toed Gecko 203845 LC
Letheobia crossii Cross' Beaked Snake 13300841 LC
Mehelya egbensis Dunger's File Snake 13289157 DD
Tricheilostoma greenwelli 203640 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)