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List of recently extinct reptiles
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As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 24 extinct species, 17 possibly extinct species, and two extinct in the wild species of reptile.[1][2]
Turtles and tortoises
Extinct species
- Pinta giant tortoise (Chelonoidis abingdonii)
- Galápagos tortoise (Chelonoidis spp.) (4 of 15 known species extinct)
- Réunion giant tortoise (Cylindraspis indica)
- Saddle-backed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis inepta)
- Domed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis peltastes)
- Domed Mauritius giant tortoise (Cylindraspis triserrata)
- Saddle-backed Rodrigues giant tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri)
Extinct in the wild species
- Black softshell turtle (Nilssonia nigricans)
Extinct species
- Guadeloupe ameiva (Pholidoscelis cineraceus)
- Martinique giant ameiva (Ameiva major)
- Jamaica giant galliwasp (Celestus occiduus)
- Cape Verde giant skink (Chioninia coctei)
- Contomastix charrua
- Navassa rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura onchiopsis)
- Delcourt's giant gecko (Gigarcanum delcourti)
- Navassa curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus eremitus)
- Martinique curly-tailed lizard (Leiocephalus herminieri)
- Mauritian giant skink (Leiolopisma mauritiana)
- Rodrigues giant day gecko (Phelsuma gigas)
- Tonga ground skink (Tachygyia microlepis)
- Eastwood's long-tailed seps (Tetradactylus eastwoodae)
Possibly extinct species
- Culebra Island giant anole (Anolis roosevelti)
- Lesser Saint Croix skink (Capitellum parvicruzae)
- San Cristobal galliwasp (Celestus anelpistus)
- Contomastix vittata
- Okoloma worm lizard (Cynisca gansi)
- La Palma giant lizard (Gallotia auaritae)
- Magdalena scaly-eyed gecko (Lepidoblepharis miyatai)
- Cranwell's tree iguana (Liolaemus cranwelli)
- Chapman's pygmy chameleon (Rhampholeon chapmanorum)
- Greater Saint Croix skink (Spondylurus magnacruzae)
- Monito skink (Spondylurus monitae)
- Greater Virgin Islands skink (Spondylurus spilonotus)
- Haensch's whorltail iguana (Stenocercus haenschi)
Extinct species
- Round Island burrowing boa (Bolyeria multocarinata)
- Hoffstetter's worm snake (Madatyphlops cariei)
Possibly extinct species
- Saint Croix racer (Borikenophis sanctaecrucis)
- Brike Snake (Calamaria prakkei)
- Agalta Mountain forest snake (Omoadiphas cannula)
- Ankafina ground snake (Pseudoxyrhopus ankafinaensis)
- Viquez's tropical ground snake (Trimetopon viquezi)
See also
- List of least concern reptiles
- List of near threatened reptiles
- List of vulnerable reptiles
- List of endangered reptiles
- List of critically endangered reptiles
- List of data deficient reptiles
References
- ↑ "IUCN Red List version 2016-2". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). http://www.iucnredlist.org/. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
- ↑ "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2016-2)". Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). http://www.iucnredlist.org/about/summary-statistics. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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