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Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction the wild. In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 382 endangered reptile species. [1] Of all evaluated reptile species, 7.4% are listed as endangered. The IUCN also lists nine reptile subspecies as endangered.
See: List of endangered reptiles, List of critically endangered reptiles. Vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered species are collectively referred to as threatened species by the IUCN. Additionally 910 reptile species (18% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient , meaning there is insufficient information for a full ...
Black-ringed sea snake (Hydrelaps darwiniensis) Blackheaded banded sea snake (Hydrophis atriceps) Hydrophis brookii; Dwarf sea snake (Hydrophis caerulescens) Cogger's sea snake (Hydrophis coggeri) Annulated sea snake (Hydrophis cyanocinctus) Bar-bellied sea snake (Hydrophis elegans) Striped sea snake (Hydrophis fasciatus)
Sea snakes, or coral reef snakes, are elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives. They belong to two subfamilies, Hydrophiinae and Laticaudinae . Hydrophiinae also includes Australasian terrestrial snakes, whereas Laticaudinae only includes the sea kraits ( Laticauda ), of which three species are found ...
The IUCN also lists 12 reptile subspecies as critically endangered. Of the subpopulations of reptiles evaluated by the IUCN, ten species subpopulations have been assessed as critically endangered. Additionally 910 reptile species (18% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient , meaning there is not sufficient information for a full ...
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; Philippine cobra (Naja philippinensis)
• Sea snake (bottom right) Marine reptiles are reptiles which have become secondarily adapted for an aquatic or semiaquatic life in a marine environment. Only about 100 of the 12,000 extant reptile species and subspecies are classed as marine reptiles, including marine iguanas, sea snakes, sea turtles and saltwater crocodiles. [1]
Leaf scaled sea-snake Reptile Ashmore Reef and Hibernia Reef, Timor Sea Unknown unknown—probably degradation of coral reef habitat; Amanipodagrion gilliesi: Amani flatwing Insect (damselfly) Amani-Sigi Forest, Usamabara Mountains, Tanzania < 500 individuals population pressure and water pollution; Antisolabis seychellensis: Insect