Extinct Reptiles
| According to the
2008 IUCN Red List
of Threatened Species there are 21 reptile species and 1 reptile subspecies that
became extinct in recent years. The subjoined list contains 21 extinct
reptile species and 8 reptile subspecies. The 2008 IUCN Red List of
Threatened Species still lists the Yunnan
Box Turtle as extinct, but thus species has been rediscovered in 2004
and this is genetically confirmed in 2007.
At least one other subspecies of this Giant Tortoise species will become extinct this century, because there is only 1 specimen left in captivity. The scientific name of this subspecies is called: Geochelone nigra abingdoni. This Abingdon Island Tortoise is the very last of his subspecies and is named Lonesome George. George is now living at the Charles Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz. Reptiles have suffered (and still do) from destruction of their habitat, hunting and the introduction of cats, dogs and mongooses on their islands by humans. |
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Lizards 11 species / 4 subspecies |
Snakes 4 species / 2 subspecies |
Turtles & Tortoises 6 species / 2 subspecies |
| Missing (2) | Extinct in the Wild (3) | Not Recognised (0) |
| Other Animal Groups | ||
| Lizards (Species) | |||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | TEW Status | IUCN Status |
| Ameiva cineracea | Unknown (from Guadeloupe) | EX | EX |
| Ameiva major | Martinique Giant Ameive | EX | EX |
| Celestus occiduus | Jamaican Giant Galliwasp | EX | EX |
| Hoplodactylus delcourti | Kawekaweau | EX | EX |
| Leiocephalus eremitus | Unknown (from the United States) | EX | EX |
| Leiocephalus herminieri | Martinique Lizard | EX | EX |
| Leiolopisma mauritiana | Unknown (from Mauritius) | EX | EX |
| Macroscincus coctei | Cape Verde Giant Skink | EX | EX |
| Phelsuma gigas | Rodrigues Giant Gecko | EX | EX |
| Tachygia microlepis | Tonga Ground Skink | EX | EX |
| Tetradactylus eastwoodae | Eastwood's Longtailed Seps | EX | EX |
| Lizards (Subspecies) | |||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | TEW Status | IUCN Status |
| Cyclura cornuta onchiopsis | Navassa Island Iguana | EX | Not Listed |
| Gallotia simonyi simonyi | Roque Chico de Salmor Giant Lizard | EX | Not Listed |
| Podarcis lilfordi rodriquezi | Ratas Island lizard | EX | Not Listed |
| Podarcis sicula sanctistephani | Santo Stefano lizard | EX | Not Listed |
| Snakes (Species) | |||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | TEW Status | IUCN Status |
| Alsophis sanctaecrucis | Saint Croix Racer | EX | EX |
| Austrotyphlops batillus | Waite’s Blind Snake | EX | Not Listed |
| Bolyeria multocarinata | Round Island Burrowing Boa | EX | EX |
| Typhlops cariei | Unknown (from Mauritius) | EX | EX |
| Snakes (Subspecies) | |||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | TEW Status | IUCN Status |
| Farancia erytrogramma seminola | South Florida Rainbow Snake | EX | Not Listed |
| Tropidophis melanurus bucculentus | Navassa Island Dwarf Boa | EX | Not Listed |
| Turtles, Tortoises & Terrapins (Species) | |||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | TEW Status | IUCN Status |
| Cylindraspis indica | Réunion Tortoise | EX | EX |
| Cylindraspis inepta | Mauritius Domed Tortoise | EX | EX |
| Cylindraspis peltastes | Rodrigues Domed Tortoise | EX | EX |
| Cylindraspis triserrata | Mauritius Saddle-backed Tortoise | EX | EX |
| Cylindraspis vosmaeri | Rodrigues Saddle-backed Tortoise | EX | EX |
| Pelusios seychellensis | Seychelles Black Terrapin | EX | EX |
| Turtles, Tortoises & Terrapins (Subspecies) | |||
| Scientific Name | Common Name | TEW Status | IUCN Status |
| Geochelone nigra galapagoensis | Charles Island Tortoise | EX | EX |
| Kinosternon hirtipes megacephalum | Viesca Mud Turtle | EX | Not Listed |