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This list shows the IUCN Red List status of the 90 mammal species occurring in Greece.One of them is endangered, ten are vulnerable, and three are near threatened.The following tags are used to highlight each species' status as assessed on the respective IUCN Red List published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature:
Greece's rivers are brimming with aquatic wildlife too, with a diverse range of endemic freshwater fishes, around 160 species were listed in 2015. [14] There are also several species of lampreys, notably three species of lamprey endemic to Greece; the Epirus brook lamprey, Greek brook lamprey and Almopaios brook lamprey.
This list of the reptiles of Greece is primarily based on the Atlas of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Greece (2020), published under the auspices of the Societas Hellenica Herpetologica, supplemented by the IUCN Red List. [1] [2] Of the 66 (IUCN) or 76 (Atlas) species recognized, 11 are endemic, while 3 are assessed as endangered. [1]: 11–13 [2]
Two species for which there is an IUCN Red List assessment are not included in the Atlas (Balkan spadefoot, Pelobates balcanicus LC smooth newt, Lissotriton vulgaris LC). The IUCN Red List appears to no longer count Greece as one of the countries within the Syrian spadefoot's range, even though the species occurs on a number of Greek islands.
Stellion, Agama stellio (Greek islands) Family: Gekkonidae (geckos) Kotschy's gecko, Cyrtodactylus kotschyi LC (southern Europe) Mediterranean house gecko, Hemidactylus turcicus LC (southern Europe) Family: Lacertidae (wall or true lizards) Subfamily: Lacertinae Tribe: Eremiadini. Snake-eyed lizard, Ophisops elegans (Mediterranean and Central Asia)
The Epirus dancing grasshopper is currently listed as critically endangered on the IUCN red list and is on the verge of extinction. There are five remnant known populations. Deforestation and urbanization has caused this species to create habitat fragmentation which makes it difficult for separate populations to reproduce with each other. [3]
Pungitius hellenicus, the Greek ninespine stickleback or ellinopygósteos, is a species of fish in the family Gasterosteidae. It is endemic to Greece. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater spring. It is threatened by habitat loss and considered critically endangered in the International Red List of IUCN, Bern Convention (Appendix III).
The Karpathos frog (Pelophylax cerigensis) is a species of frog in the family Ranidae.It is endemic to the islands of Karpathos and Rhodes, South Aegean Sea, Greece.The Karpathos frog was considered to be the most endangered anuran amphibian in Europe, and was until recently classified as Critically endangered, because it was though it's range was restricted to two small rivers in the north ...
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