Reptile species (IUCN, 2016-2)
5130 extant species have been evaluated
4220 of those are fully assessed[a]
3229 are not threatened at present[b]
989 to 1899 are threatened[c]
26 to 43 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
24 extinct (EX) species[d]
2 extinct in the wild (EW)
17 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
0 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]
^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
^ NT, LR/cd, LC.
^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species
As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 2,900 least concern reptile species.[1] 56% of all evaluated reptile species are listed as least concern.
The IUCN also lists two reptile subspecies as least concern.
Of the subpopulations of reptiles evaluated by the IUCN, six species subpopulations have been assessed as least concern.
This is a complete list of least concern reptile species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have least concern subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated.
Lizards
There are 1657 species and one subspecies of lizard assessed as least concern.
Includes slowworms, glass lizards, and alligator lizards.
Species
Subspecies
Includes whiptails and tegus.
Other lizard species
Snakes
There are 1192 snake species assessed as least concern.
Angolan shovel-snout (Prosymna ambigua )
Angola shovel-snout (Prosymna angolensis )
Jan's shoval-snout (Prosymna janii )
Ghana shovel-snout (Prosymna meleagris )
Pitman's shovelsnout snake (Prosymna pitmani )
Cape file snake (Gonionotophis capensis )
Savanna lesser file snake (Gonionotophis grantii )
Matschie's African ground snake (Gonionotophis klingi )
Black file snake (Gonionotophis nyassae )
Aurora house snake (Lamprophis aurora )
Tanganyika water snake (Lycodonomorphus bicolor )
Black house snake (Lycodonomorphus inornatus )
Lined water snake (Lycodonomorphus subtaeniatus )
Whyte's water snake (Lycodonomorphus whytii )
Eastern wolf snake (Lycophidion acutirostre )
Lycophidion albomaculatum
Lycophidion nigromaculatum
Forest wolf snake (Lycophidion ornatum )
Lycophidion semicinctum
Other snake species