List of REPTILIA species in Tanzania



This is a list of REPTILIA in Tanzania 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
Lygodactylus gravis Usambara Dwarf Gecko 178198 VU
Loveridgea phylofiniens 44647933 DD
Rhampholeon viridis Pare Pygmy Chameleon 42760305 EN
Loveridgea ionidesii Liwale Round-snouted Worm Lizard 176242 LC
Lycophidion pembanum 44979700 DD
Letheobia uluguruensis Uluguru Gracile Blind-snake 22476921 EN
Trioceros laterispinis Spiny-flanked Chameleon 176317 EN
Rhampholeon spinosus Rosette-nosed Chameleon 176323 EN
Scolecoseps acontias Legless Sand Skink 178374 DD
Afrotyphlops gierrai Gierra's Blind Snake 178405 EN
Typhlacontias kataviensis 44979569 EN
Mochlus mafianum Mafia Writhing Skink 178467 LC
Chirindia mpwapwaensis 196960 DD
Atheris ceratophora Usambara Eyelash Viper 178563 VU
Leptosiaphos rhomboidalis Udzungwa Five-toed Skink 16394676 DD
Atheris barbouri Barbour's Short-headed Viper 178617 VU
Tetradactylus udzungwensis Udzungwa Long-tailed Seps 44929503 EN
Trioceros tempeli Tanzania Mountain Chameleon 172521 LC
Rhampholeon acuminatus Nguru Pygmy Chameleon 172524 CR
Kinyongia vosseleri Vosseler's Blade-horned Chameleon 172525 EN
Rhampholeon temporalis Usambara Stumptail Chameleon 172529 EN
Kinyongia vanheygeni Poroto Single-horned Chameleon 172533 LC
Kinyongia uluguruensis Uluguru Two-horned Chameleon 172537 LC
Kinyongia magomberae Magombera Chameleon 172538 EN
Trioceros deremensis Wavy Chameleon 172541 LC
Kinyongia matschiei Giant East Usambara Blade-horned Chameleon 172545 EN
Trioceros werneri Wemer's Chameleon 172547 LC
Rhampholeon beraduccii Beraducci’s Pygmy Chameleon 172549 VU
Rhampholeon moyeri Moyer's Pygmy Chameleon 172550 LC
Kinyongia tenuis Matschie's Dwarf Chameleon 172552 EN
Rhampholeon uluguruensis Uluguru Pygmy Chameleon 172555 LC
Trioceros fuelleborni Ngosi Volcano Chameleon 172557 LC
Trioceros sternfeldi Tanzanian Montane Dwarf Chameleon 172561 LC
Kinyongia uthmoelleri Hanang Hornless Chameleon 172563 LC
Kinyongia fischeri Nguru Blade-horned Chameleon 172565 NT
Kinyongia oxyrhina Uluguru One-Horned Chameleon 172570 NT
Kinyongia multituberculata West Usambara Blade-horned Chameleon 172574 EN
Melanoseps longicauda Black Limbless Skink 44978907 DD
Ichnotropis tanganicana Tanzanian Rough-scaled Lizard 44929760 DD
Ancylocranium barkeri Lindi Sharp-snouted Worm Lizard 20878063 DD
Ancylocranium ionidesi Kilwa Sharp-snouted Worm Lizard 20878073 DD
Panaspis megalurus Blue-tailed Snake-eyed Skink 13155188 LC
Trioceros hanangensis Mount Hanang Chameleon 203824 NT
Scolecoseps litipoensis Litipo Sand Skink 44979280 DD
Natriciteres pembana 44930169 LC
Afrotyphlops platyrhynchus Tanga Blind-snake 22475900 DD
Phelsuma parkeri Parker's Day Gecko 17450125 LC
Prosymna ornatissima Ornate Shovel-snout 177448 CR
Amblyodipsas dimidiata Mpwapwa Purple-glossed Snake 13264204 LC
Elapsoidea nigra Black Garter Snake 177485 EN
Prosymna pitmani Pitman's Shovelsnout Snake 44930299 LC
Buhoma procterae Uluguru Forest Snake 44979651 VU
Afrotyphlops rondoensis Rondo Worm Snake 22476267 DD
Afrotyphlops tanganicanus Liwale Blind-snake 22476295 LC
Cordylus ukingensis Ukinga Girdled Lizard 44647998 DD
Leptotyphlops mbanjensis Mbanja Worm Snake 44979823 DD
Lygodactylus williamsi Williams' Dwarf Gecko 14665363 CR
Leptotyphlops pembae Pemba Worm Snake 44979860 LC
Melanoseps emmrichi Uluguru Limbless Skink 16393900 EN
Agama dodomae 44928730 LC
Hemidactylus tanganicus Dutumi Gecko 18519775 DD
Agama montana Montane Rock Agama 17450723 VU
Lygodactylus grzimeki 44928777 DD
Lygodactylus viscatus 44648243 NT
Lygodactylus inexpectatus Dar-es-Salaam Dwarf Gecko 44648257 DD
Lygodactylus uluguruensis 44928863 DD
Letheobia pallida Zanzibar Beaked Snake 22476689 DD
Atheris matildae Matilda's Horned Viper 44980158 CR
Agama turuensis 17450975 LC
Letheobia pembana Pemba Gracile Blind-snake 22476768 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)