List of near threatened reptiles
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As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 329 near threatened reptile species.[1] 6.4% of all evaluated reptile species are listed as near threatened. The IUCN also lists two reptile subspecies as near threatened.
- Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species
- Critically endangered (CR): 432 species
- Endangered (EN): 800 species
- Vulnerable (VU): 627 species
- Near threatened (NT, LR/cd): 566 species
- Least concern (LC): 6,406 species
- Data deficient (DD): 1,502 species
Reptile species (IUCN, 2025.2)
- 10,368 extant species have been evaluated
- 8,866 of those are fully assessed[a]
- 6,972 are not threatened at present[b]
- 1,894 to 3,396 are threatened[c]
- 34 to 84 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
- 32 extinct (EX) species[d]
- 2 extinct in the wild (EW)
- 50 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
Of the subpopulations of reptiles evaluated by the IUCN, two species subpopulations have been assessed as near threatened.
This is a complete list of near threatened reptile species and subspecies evaluated by the IUCN. Species and subspecies which have near threatened subpopulations (or stocks) are indicated.
Turtles and tortoises
Chelidae
Austro‑South American side‑necked turtles
- Big-headed pantanal swamp turtle (Acanthochelys macrocephala)
- Brazilian radiolated swamp turtle (Acanthochelys radiolata)
- Black spine-neck swamp turtle (Acanthochelys spixii)
- Northern snake-necked turtle (Chelodina oblonga)
- Parker's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina parkeri)
- Reimann's snake-necked turtle (Chelodina reimanni)
- Vanderhaege's toad-headed turtle (Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei)
- Red side-necked turtle (Rhinemys rufipes)
Pelomedusidae
African side‑necked turtles
Emydidae
Terrapins
- European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis)
- Barbour's map turtle (Graptemys barbouri)
- Escambia map turtle (Graptemys ernsti)
- Alabama map turtle(Graptemys pulchra)
- Rio Grande cooter (Pseudemys gorzugi)
- Northern red-bellied turtle (Pseudemys rubriventris)
- Ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata)
- Central Antillean slider (Trachemys stejnegeri)
Geoemydidae
Box turtles, pond turtles
- Asian leaf turtle (Cyclemys dentata)
- Enigmatic leaf turtle (Cyclemys enigmatica)
- Assam leaf turtle (Cyclemys gemeli)
- Mekong snail-eating turtle (Malayemys subtrijuga)
- Japanese pond turtle (Mauremys japonica)
- Brown roofed turtle (Pangshura smithii)
- Brown wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys annulata)
- Furrowed wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys areolata)
- Spot-legged wood turtle (Rhinoclemmys punctularia)
Testudinidae
Tortoises
- Tent tortoise (Psammobates tentorius)
Cheloniidae
Sea turtles
- Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) (VU)
- Southeast Indian Ocean subpopulation[2]
- Southwest Indian Ocean subpopulation[3]
Kinosternidae
Mud turtles, musk turtles
- Tabasco mud turtle (Kinosternon acutum)
- Alamos mud turtle (Kinosternon alamosae)
- Striped mud turtle (Kinosternon baurii)
- Durango mud turtle (Kinosternon durangoense)
- Herrera's mud turtle (Kinosternon herrerai)
- Arizona mud turtle (Kinosternon stejnegeri)
Lizards
Iguanidae
Iguanas and chuckwallas
Diploglossidae
Galliwasps and Ophiodes sp. legless lizards
- Cuban small-eared galliwasp (Diploglossus garridoi)
- Highland galliwasp (Siderolamprus hylaius)
Diplodactylidae
Diplodactylid geckos
Chamaeleonidae
Chameleons
- Drakensberg dwarf chameleon
- Zululand dwarf chameleon
- Setaro's dwarf chameleon
- Natal Midlands dwarf chameleon
- Amber mountain leaf chameleon
- Antakarana leaf chameleon
- Brookesia betschi
- Brookesia brunoi
- Brookesia confidens
- Brookesia griveaudi
- Brookesia micra
- Amber mountain chameleon
- Calumma ambreense
- Calumma guibei
- Calumma marojezense
- Parson's chameleon
- Peltier's chameleon
- Socotran chameleon
- Furcifer timoni
- Mount Nyiro bearded chameleon
- Taita blade-horned chameleon
- Carpenter's chameleon
- Fischer's chameleon
- Sharp-nosed chameleon
- Kilimanjaro blade-horned chameleon
- Strange-nosed chameleon
- Mount Mabu chameleon
- Palleon lolontany
- Mount Mabu pygmy chameleon
- Bale two-horned chameleon
- Bioko montane chameleon
- Mount Hanang chameleon
- Trioceros kinangopensis
- Marsabit one-horned chameleon
- Cameroon sailfin chameleon
- Mount Kulal stump-nosed chameleo
- Mount Kenya dwarf chameleon
Anolidae
Anoles
- Barahona grass anole (Anolis alumina)
- Armour's anole (Anolis armouri)
- Foothill anole (Anolis monticola)
- St. Martin anole
- Ghost anole (Anolis spectrum)
- Speckled anole (Anolis ventrimaculatus)
- Blue anole (Anolis gorgonae)
- Solitaire anole (Anolis solitarius)
Gekkonidae
Common geckos
- Hawequa flat gecko (Afroedura hawequensis)
- Dwarf bronze gecko (Ailuronyx tachyscopaeus)
- Different-scaled day gecko (Cnemaspis heteropholis)
- Ponmudi day gecko (Cnemaspis nairi)
- Nilgiri day gecko (Cnemaspis nilagirica)
- Ornate day gecko (Cnemaspis ornata)
- Sispara day gecko (Cnemaspis sisparensis)
- Cyrtodactylus ayeyarwadyensis
- Sikkimese bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus gubernatoris)
- Palawan bent-toed gecko (Cyrtodactylus redimiculus)
- Cyrtodactylus salomonensis
- Islands striped gecko (Dierogekko insularis)
- Spotted bowfinger gecko (Geckoella triedrus)
- Smooth-scaled narrow-disked gecko (Gekko athymus)
- Small-scaled leaf-toed gecko (Goggia microlepidota)
- Anamalai Hill gecko (Hemidactylus anamallensis)
- Boavista leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus boavistensis)
- Grant's leaf-toed gecko (Hemidactylus granti)
- Muller's velvet gecko (Homopholis mulleri)
- Lygodactylus blancae
- Lygodactylus expectatus
- Western dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus guibei)
- Malagasy dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus klemmeri)
- Thin dwarf gecko (Lygodactylus rarus)
- Lygodactylus viscatus
- Tsodilo thick-toed gecko (Pachydactylus tsodiloensis)
- Paroedura ibityensis
- Paroedura maingoka
- Nosy Be ground gecko (Paroedura oviceps)
- Phelsuma berghofi
- Phelsuma dorsivittata
- Phelsuma malamakibo
- Pasteur's day gecko (Phelsuma pasteuri)
- Philippine flying gecko (Ptychozoon intermedium)
- Namaqua day gecko (Rhoptropella ocellata)
- Uroplatus alluaudi
- Uroplatus finiavana
Lacertidae
Wall lizards
- Bedriaga's fringe-fingered lizard (Acanthodactylus bedriagai)
- Savigny's Fringe-fingered Lizard (Acanthodactylus savignyi)
- White fringe-fingered lizard
- Alpine meadow lizard (Adolfus alleni)
- Western alpine meadow lizard (Adolfus masavaensis)
- Greek algyroides (Algyroides moreoticus)
- Bedriaga's rock lizard (Archaeolacerta bedriagae)
- Atlas dwarf lizard (Atlantolacerta andreanskyi)
- Soutpansberg rock lizard (Australolacerta rupicola)
- Darevskia dahli
- Derjugin's lizard (Darevskia derjugini)
- Ajarian lizard (Darevskia mixta)
- Meadow lizard (Darevskia praticola)
- Unisexual lizard (Darevskia unisexualis)
- Green keel-bellied lizard (Gastropholis prasina)
- Greek rock lizard (Hellenolacerta graeca)
- Pyrenean rock lizard (Iberolacerta bonnali)
- Leonese rock lizard (Iberolacerta galani)
- Horvath's rock lizard (Iberolacerta horvathi)
- Iberian emerald lizard (Lacerta schreiberi)
- Ibiza wall lizard (Podarcis pityusensis)
- Blanc's sand racer (Psammodromus blanci)
- Ocellated lizard (Timon lepidus)
- Cottrell's mountain lizard (Tropidosaura cottrelli)
Scincidae
Skinks
- Short-headed legless skink (Acontias breviceps)
- Elongate short-legged burrowing skink (Brachymeles bicolor)
- Brachymeles minimus
- Northern litter skink (Caledoniscincus aquilonius)
- Armitage's cylindrical skink (Chalcides armitagei)
- Bedriaga's skink (Chalcides bedriagai)
- Lanza's skink (Chalcides lanzai)
- Atlas Mountain skink (Chalcides montanus)
- Moroccan Three-toed Skink (Chalcides pseudostriatus)
- Stanger's skink (Chioninia stangeri)
- Three-toed snake-tooth skink (Coeranoscincus reticulatus)
- Viti slender treeskink (Emoia concolor)
- Eremiascincus timorensis
- Sharma's mabuya (Eutropis nagarjuni)
- Solomon minute skink (Geomyersia glabra)
- Hakaria simonyi
- Ceylon tree skink (Lankascincus taprobanensis)
- Tiller's maquis skink (Lioscincus tillieri)
- Pandanus skink (Lipinia leptosoma)
- Stumpff's skink (Madascincus stumpffi)
- Fiordland skink (Oligosoma acrinasum)
- Speckled Skink (Oligosoma infrapunctatum)
- Marbled skink (Oligosoma oliveri)
- Paracontias brocchii
- Paracontias hafa
- Kishinoue's giant skink (Plestiodon kishinouyei)
- Rurk's ristella (Ristella rurkii)
- Gronovi's dwarf burrowing skink (Scelotes gronovii)
- Mountainous dwarf skink (Scincella monticola)
- Deplanche's shiny skink (Sigaloseps deplanchei)
- Beyer's sphenomorphus (Sphenomorphus beyeri)
- Leyte sphenomorphus (Sphenomorphus llanosi)
- Highland sphenomorphus (Sphenomorphus luzonense)
- Mindanao sphenomorphus (Sphenomorphus mindanensis)
- Aurora mountain skink (Sphenomorphus tagapayo)
- Sphenomorphus tritaeniatus
- Sphenomorphus victoria
- Alpine meadow mabuya (Trachylepis irregularis)
- Trachylepis nancycoutuae
- Trachylepis volamenaloha
- Voeltzkowia petiti
Sphaerodactylidae
Sphaerodactylid geckos
- Hispaniolan giant gecko (Aristelliger lar)
- European leaf-toed gecko (Euleptes europaea)
- Wadi Kharrar rock gecko (Pristurus gallagheri)
- Atlas day gecko (Quedenfeldtia trachyblepharus)
- Jamaican forest sphaero (Sphaerodactylus goniorhynchus)
- Zapata big-scaled sphaero (Sphaerodactylus richardi)
- Barahona limestone sphaero (Sphaerodactylus thompsoni)
Tropiduridae
Neotropical ground lizards
- Rodrigues' lava lizard (Eurolophosaurus nanuzae)
- Tiburon curlytail (Leiocephalus melanochlorus)
- San Cristobal lava lizard (Microlophus bivittatus)
- Microlophus duncanensis
- Floreana lava lizard (Microlophus grayii)
- Stenocercus angel
- Western leaf lizard (Stenocercus fimbriatus)
- Lesser ornate whorltail iguana (Stenocercus ornatissimus)
- Tropidurus erythrocephalus
Agamidae
Dragon lizards
- Solomons tree dragon (Hypsilurus macrolepis)
- Hump snout lizard (Lyriocephalus scutatus)
- Schmidt's mastigure (Uromastyx alfredschmidti)
- Uromastyx shobraki
- South Arabian spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx yemenensis)
Phyllodactylidae
Phyllodactylid geckos
- Darwin's leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus darwini)
- Galapagos leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus galapagensis)
- San Cristóbal Island leaf-toed gecko (Phyllodactylus leei)
- Phyllodactylus unctus
- Tarentola raziana
Phrynosomatidae
Phrynosomatid lizards
- Spot-tailed earless lizard (Holbrookia lacerata)
- Flat-tail horned lizard (Phrynosoma mcallii)
- Sceloporus ornatus
- Florida scrub lizard (Sceloporus woodi)
- Colorado desert fringe-toed lizard (Uma notata)
- Uma paraphygas
- Yuman desert fringe-toed lizard (Uma rufopunctata)
Liolaemidae
Liolaemid iguanas
Other lizard species
- Amphisbaena hyporissor
- Amphisbaena schmidti
- Peloponnese slow worm (Anguis cephalonnica)
- Eared worm-lizard (Aprasia aurita)
- Flinders Ranges worm-lizard (Aprasia pseudopulchella)
- Arizona striped whiptail (Aspidoscelis arizonae)
- Gray checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis dixoni)
- Colorado checkered whiptail (Aspidoscelis neotesselata)
- Aspidoscelis rodecki
- Bachia blairi
- Lang's crag lizard (Cordylus langi)
- Lawrence's girdled lizard (Cordylus lawrenci)
- Campeche spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura alfredschmidti)
- Echinosaura orcesi
- Namaqua plated lizard (Gerrhosaurus typicus)
- Gila monster (Heloderma suspectum)
- Mayan tropical night lizard (Lepidophyma mayae)
- Mountain pholidobolus (Pholidobolus montium)
- Soutpansberg flat lizard (Platysaurus relictus)
- Largescale lizard (Ptychoglossus eurylepis)
- Angel Island chuckwalla (Sauromalus hispidus)
- Border thick-tailed gecko (Uvidicolus sphyrurus)
- Varanus nuchalis
- Green Madagascar girdled lizard (Zonosaurus haraldmeieri)
- Red-legged girdled lizard (Zonosaurus rufipes)
- Breyer’s whip lizard
Snakes
There are 81 species and one subspecies of snake assessed as near threatened.
Pseudoxyrhophiids
- Compsophis albiventris
- Compsophis fatsibe
- Heteroliodon lava
- Liophidium pattoni
- Liopholidophis dimorphus
- Lycodryas carleti
- St. Johann's tree snake (Lycodryas sanctijohannis)
- Pseudoxyrhopus ambreensis
- Pseudoxyrhopus analabe
- Plateau brook snake (Pseudoxyrhopus imerinae)
- Thamnosophis mavotenda
Vipers
- Mexican ground pit viper (Agkistrodon bilineatus)
- Desert viper (Daboia deserti)
- Moorish viper (Daboia mauritanica)
- Armenian viper (Montivipera raddei)
- Kinabalu green pit viper (Parias malcolmi)
- Large-scaled pit viper (Peltopelor macrolepis)
- Horned pit viper (Protobothrops cornutus)
- Spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides)
- Brongersma's pit viper (Trimeresurus brongersmai)
- Lotiev's viper (Vipera lotievi)
- Atlas dwarf viper (Vipera monticola)
- Transcaucasian long-nosed viper (Vipera transcaucasiana)
Dipsadids
- Grey ground snake (Atractus occipitoalbus)
- Taylor's snail-eater (Dipsas tenuissima)
- Colombian earth snake (Geophis nigroalbus)
- Ninia celata
- Espinal's coffee snake (Ninia espinali)
- Vermiculate graceful brown snake (Rhadinaea vermiculaticeps)
- Stuart's graceful brown snake (Rhadinella pilonaorum)
- Rhadinella rogerromani
- Sibon manzanaresi
- Sibon miskitus
- Xizang hot-spring keel-back (Thermophis baileyi)
- Striped swamp snake (Tretanorhinus taeniatus)
Elapids
- Bardick (Echiopsis curta)
- Short-nosed snake (Elapognathus minor)
- Stephen's banded snake (Hoplocephalus stephensii)
- Large-headed seasnake (Hydrophis pacificus)
- Yellow-lipped sea snake (Laticauda frontalis)
- Laticauda guineai
- Black-banded sea krait (Laticauda semifasciata)
- Cauca coral snake (Micrurus multiscutatus)
- Micrurus spurrelli
- Caspian cobra (Naja oxiana)
- Philippine cobra (Naja philippinensis)
- Black-striped snake (Simoselaps calonotus)
- Japanese coral snake (Sinomicrurus japonicus)
Colubrids
- Günther's vine snake (Ahaetulla dispar)
- Conopsis amphisticha
- Four-lined snake (Elaphe quatuorlineata)
- Socotran racer (Hemerophis socotrae)
- Short-tailed snake (Lampropeltis extenuata)
- Ruthvens kingsnake (Lampropeltis ruthveni)
- Sakashima green snake (Liopeltis herminae)
- Western false smooth snake (Macroprotodon brevis)
- Northern short-headed snake (Oligodon ancorus)
- Oligodon lungshenensis
- Perkin's short-headed snake (Oligodon perkinsi)
- Pantherophis gloydi
- Sinai banded racer (Platyceps sinai)
- Triangled black-headed snake (Sibynophis triangularis)
- Filetail ground snake (Sonora aemula)
Keelbacks
- Blossom krait (Balanophis ceylonensis)
- Kirtland's snake (Clonophis kirtlandii)
- Taron keelback (Hebius taronensis)
- Brazos water snake (Nerodia harteri)
- Concho watersnake (Nerodia paucimaculata)
- Anderson's stream snake (Opisthotropis andersonii)
- Dao Van Tien's stream snake (Opisthotropis daovantieni)
- Guanxi mountain keelback (Opisthotropis guangxiensis)
- Negros spotted water snake (Trophidonophis negrosensis)
Other snakes
Species
- Lined centipede-eater (Aparallactus lineatus)
- Southwestern carpet python (Morelia imbricata)
- Iwasaki's snail-eater (Pareas iwasakii)
- African rock python (Python sebae)
- Ball python (Python regius)
- Indian rock python (Python molurus)
- Smith's earth snake (Uropeltis smithi)