Endangered Reptiles

Reptiles are tetrapod animals in the class or clade Reptilia
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Endangered Reptile Species​
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Celebes Tortoise

Celebes Tortoise - ( Indotestudo forstenii ) Scientific Name: Indotestudo forstenii ...
reptiles

Elongated Tortoise

Elongated Tortoise - ( Indotestudo elongata ) Scientific Name: Indotestudo elongata ...
reptiles

Lesser Antillean Iguana

Lesser Antillean Iguana - ( Iguana delicatissima ) Scientific Name: Iguana delicatissima ...
reptiles

Kawekaweau

Kawekaweau - ( Hoplodactylus delcourti ) Scientific Name: Hoplodactylus delcourti ...
reptiles

Stephen’s Island Gecko

Stephen's Island Gecko - ( Toropuku stephensi ) Scientific Name: Toropuku stephensi ...
reptiles

Harlequin Gecko

Harlequin Gecko - ( Tukutuku rakiurae ) Scientific Name: Tukutuku rakiurae Kingdom Name ...
reptiles

Speckled Dwarf Tortoise

Speckled Dwarf Tortoise - ( Chersobius signatus ) Scientific Name: Chersobius signatus ...
reptiles

Yellow-headed Temple Turtle

Yellow-headed Temple Turtle - ( Heosemys annandalii ) Scientific Name: Heosemys ...
reptiles

Spiny Turtle

Spiny Turtle - ( Heosemys spinosa ) Scientific Name: Heosemys spinosa Kingdom Name ...
reptiles

Cagle’s Map Turtle

Cagle's Map Turtle - ( Graptemys caglei ) Scientific Name: Graptemys caglei Kingdom Name ...
reptiles

Bolson Tortoise

Bolson Tortoise - ( Gopherus flavomarginatus ) Scientific Name: Gopherus flavomarginatus ...
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Ryukyu Black-breasted Leaf Turtle

Ryukyu Black-breasted Leaf Turtle - ( Geoemyda japonica ) Scientific Name: Geoemyda ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 908 endangered or critically endangered reptile species.

7.4% of all evaluated reptile species are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists nine reptile subspecies as endangered. Of the subpopulations of reptiles evaluated by the IUCN, one species subpopulation has been assessed as endangered.

For a species to be considered endangered by the IUCN it must meet certain quantitative criteria which are designed to classify taxa facing “a very high risk of exintction”. An even higher risk is faced by critically endangered species, which meet the quantitative criteria for endangered species. Critically endangered reptiles are listed separately. There are 908 reptile species which are endangered or critically endangered.

Source: Wikipedia.org

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