Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants

Total number of reptile species, by country

Included in the list are alligators, crocodiles, lizards, snakes, turtles, tortoises, and the tuatara. Note, this data from the Reptile Database dates to December 26, 2023, but is the most recent available on a global scale.

Rank Country / region Reptile species count Global share
1 Australia 1145 9.59%
2 Mexico 1015 8.50%
3 India 889 7.45%
4 Brazil 868 7.27%
5 Indonesia 799 6.69%
6 Guinea 699 5.85%
7 Colombia 657 5.50%
8 China 631 5.28%
9 South Africa 569 4.77%
10 United States (USA) 558 4.67%
11 Peru 542 4.54%
12 Vietnam 537 4.50%
13 Malaysia 519 4.35%
14 Thailand 495 4.15%
15 Ecuador 493 4.13%
16 Argentina 475 3.98%
17 Madagascar 454 3.80%
18 Venezuela 419 3.51%
19 Papua New Guinea 410 3.43%
20 Iran 382 3.20%
21 Myanmar 373 3.12%
22 Philippines 371 3.11%
23 Mali 369 3.09%
24 Congo 358 3.00%
25 Tanzania 356 2.98%
26 Bolivia 324 2.71%
27 Angola 319 2.67%
28 Congo (DRC) 316 2.65%
29 Cameroon 289 2.42%
30 Panama 284 2.38%
31 Kenya 284 2.38%
32 Guatemala 283 2.37%
33 Namibia 283 2.37%
34 Honduras 282 2.36%
35 Sudan 279 2.34%
36 Costa Rica 269 2.25%
37 Oman 253 2.12%
38 Sri Lanka 251 2.10%
39 Niger 251 2.10%
40 Ethiopia 244 2.04%
41 Somalia 234 1.96%
42 South Sudan 226 1.89%
43 Mozambique 225 1.88%
44 Laos 219 1.83%
45 Pakistan 215 1.80%
46 Nigeria 207 1.73%
47 Central African Republic 205 1.72%
48 Cambodia 200 1.68%
49 Nicaragua 195 1.63%
50 Paraguay 193 1.62%
51 Zambia 191 1.60%
52 Ghana 187 1.57%
53 Zimbabwe 186 1.56%
54 Cuba 180 1.51%
55 Guyana 177 1.48%
56 Uganda 174 1.46%
57 French Guiana 172 1.44%
58 Cote d'lvoire (Ivory Coast) 161 1.35%
59 Botswana 161 1.35%
60 Togo 159 1.33%
61 New Caledonia 158 1.32%
61 Suriname 158 1.32%
63 Georgia 158 1.32%
64 Turkey 154 1.29%
65 El Salvador 153 1.28%
66 Dominica 152 1.27%
67 Chile 149 1.25%
68 Bangladesh 145 1.21%
69 Nepal 143 1.20%
70 Belize 139 1.16%
71 Singapore 135 1.13%
72 Dominican Republic 135 1.13%
73 Benin 134 1.12%
74 Gabon 133 1.11%
75 Chad 130 1.09%
76 Malawi 127 1.06%
77 Senegal 126 1.06%
78 Haiti 125 1.05%
79 Saudi Arabia 122 1.02%
80 Jordan 120 1.01%
81 Taiwan 118 0.99%
81 Iraq 118 0.99%
83 Egypt 118 0.99%
84 Equatorial Guinea 117 0.98%
85 Yemen 117 0.98%
86 Afghanistan 116 0.97%
87 Algeria 111 0.93%
88 Morocco 109 0.91%
89 Liberia 108 0.90%
90 Japan 106 0.89%
91 Eswatini (Swaziland) 100 0.84%
91 Sierra Leone 100 0.84%
93 South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands 100 0.84%
94 Mauritania 98 0.82%
95 Eritrea 96 0.80%
96 Israel 95 0.80%
97 Turkmenistan 90 0.75%
98 Gambia 89 0.75%
99 Bhutan 89 0.75%
100 Solomon Islands 88 0.74%
New Zealand 85 0.71%
Burkina Faso 83 0.70%
Rwanda 82 0.69%
Uruguay 80 0.67%
Puerto Rico 77 0.64%
Greece 77 0.64%
Spain 77 0.64%
United Arab Emirates 74 0.62%
Hong Kong 71 0.59%
Tunisia 71 0.59%
Libya 68 0.57%
Burundi 67 0.56%
Western Sahara 66 0.55%
Guinea-Bissau 65 0.54%
Uzbekistan 64 0.54%
Azerbaijan 63 0.53%
Italy 62 0.52%
Lebanon 57 0.48%
Armenia 56 0.47%
Kyrgyzstan 56 0.47%
Tajikistan 55 0.46%
Kazakhstan 54 0.45%
France 53 0.44%
Jamaica 52 0.44%
Canada 51 0.43%
Bahamas 48 0.40%
Fiji 44 0.37%
Virgin Islands, U.S. 44 0.37%
Portugal 43 0.36%
Brunei 42 0.35%
Micronesia 41 0.34%
Albania 41 0.34%
Croatia 41 0.34%
Bulgaria 41 0.34%
Montenegro 40 0.34%
Kuwait 39 0.33%
Qatar 38 0.32%
Vanuatu 38 0.32%
Seychelles 35 0.29%
Palau 35 0.29%
Djibouti 35 0.29%
Grenada 35 0.29%
Cyprus 34 0.28%
Saint Lucia 33 0.28%
Guadeloupe 33 0.28%
Mongolia 32 0.27%
Martinique 31 0.26%
Cape Verde 31 0.26%
Trinidad and Tobago 30 0.25%
Mauritius 30 0.25%
Tonga 30 0.25%
Guam 28 0.23%
Serbia 27 0.23%
Romania 27 0.23%
Cayman Islands 27 0.23%
Ukraine 25 0.21%
Slovenia 24 0.20%
South Korea 24 0.20%
Samoa 22 0.18%
Cook Islands 22 0.18%
Ireland 21 0.18%
Mayotte 21 0.18%
Netherlands 19 0.16%
Lesotho 19 0.16%
Aruba 19 0.16%
Anguilla 19 0.16%
Switzerland 18 0.15%
Austria 18 0.15%
North Korea 18 0.15%
Germany 18 0.15%
Reunion 18 0.15%
São Tomé and Príncipe 17 0.14%
Hungary 16 0.13%
Northern Mariana Islands 16 0.13%
Moldova 15 0.13%
Montserrat 15 0.13%
Slovakia 14 0.12%
Malta 14 0.12%
Gibraltar 14 0.12%
North Macedonia 13 0.11%
Czech Republic 13 0.11%
Cocos (Keeling) Island 13 0.11%
Marshall Islands 12 0.10%
Turks and Caicos Islands 12 0.10%
Maldives 11 0.09%
Belgium 11 0.09%
Poland 11 0.09%
Bahrain 11 0.09%
Barbados 11 0.09%
Bermuda 10 0.08%
Antigua and Barbuda 10 0.08%
Andorra 10 0.08%
Nauru 10 0.08%
East Timor (Timor-Leste) 9 0.08%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 9 0.08%
Norway 9 0.08%
French Polynesia 9 0.08%
Comoros 9 0.08%
Lithuania 8 0.07%
Liechtenstein 8 0.07%
Christmas Island 8 0.07%
Sweden 7 0.06%
Latvia 7 0.06%
Belarus 7 0.06%
Wallis and Futuna 7 0.06%
Netherlands Antilles 7 0.06%
Denmark 6 0.05%
Finland 6 0.05%
Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 0.05%
Estonia 6 0.05%
Tuvalu 6 0.05%
United Kingdom 5 0.04%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5 0.04%
American Samoa 4 0.03%
Saint Helena 4 0.03%
Niue 4 0.03%
Monaco 4 0.03%
Tokelau 4 0.03%
British Indian Ocean Territory 4 0.03%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 3 0.03%
Kiribati 3 0.03%
Norfolk Island 3 0.03%
Russia 2 0.02%
Pitcairn 2 0.02%
Macau 2 0.02%

 

Source: Plant data is from the World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC), 2004. Species Data. Fish: Fishbase; Birds: Birdlife International; Amphibians: AmphibiaWeb; Mammals: IUCN; Reptiles: the Reptile Database.

Species counts: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants

IUCN Red List (partial list of rainforest countries): Australia, Belize, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Côte D’ivoire, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Colombia, Congo Brazzaville, Congo Kinshasa, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar (Burma), Nepal, Nicaragua, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Venezuela, and Vietnam.



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