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List of recently extinct reptiles
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Template:IUCN reptile chart 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)
- Cape Verde giant skink (Chioninia coctei)
- Contomastix charrua
- Navassa rhinoceros iguana (Cyclura cornuta 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)
- Jamaica giant galliwasp (Celestus occiduus)
- 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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