Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 57 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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Demosponges (Poriferans) 1 Crustaceans (Barnacles) 1 Gastropods 6 Bivalves 7 Clitellates 1 Clitellates 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Polychaetes 2 Tardigrades (Eutardigrada / Heterotardigrada) 1 Rotifers 1 Malacostracan Crustaceans 12 Scyphozoans 1 Hexacorallia (Sea Anemones and Corals) 1 Anthozoans 1 Hydrozoans 2 Starfish (Echinoderms) 1 Brittle Stars 1 Sea Urchins 1 Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) 1 Crinoids 1 Horseshoe crabs 1 Molluscs 1 Chondrichthyans 5 Cephalopods 4 Chondrichthyans 8 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Actinopterygians 18 Fish (Actinopterygians) 15 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Mammals 208 Birds 123 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 8 Fish 27 Insects 55 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

Forest Wetlands Farmland & grasslands Steppe Coastline Mountain Ocean & sea Urban environment Rivers & lakes Tropical forest Savanna Desert

IUCN STATUS

Not evaluated Least concern Endangered Data deficient Near threatened Vulnerable Critically endangered Extinct in the wild

REGION

Present in Tunisia

57 species asterides-echinodermes Chondrichthyans Starfish (Echinoderms) Reptiles

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Tunisia

Sea turtle

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Galapagos tortoise

Chelonoidis niger

Vulnerable Savanna

Nile crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Leopard gecko

Eublepharis macularius

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Stingray

Dasyatis pastinaca (et autres espèces de la famille Dasyatidae)

Near threatened Ocean & sea

Sea snake

Least concern

Tunisia

Montpellier snake

Malpolon monspessulanus

Least concern Desert

Cape cobra

Naja nivea

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Skink

Scincidae (famille) ; Scincus scincus (scinque des sables)

Least concern Desert

Anole

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Python

Python sp. (famille Pythonidae)

Least concern Savanna

Tunisia

Hermann's tortoise

Testudo hermanni

Near threatened Forest

Blind

Anguis fragilis

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Greek tortoise

Testudo graeca

Vulnerable Forest

Coral snake

Least concern Forest

Wall Lizard

Podarcis muralis

Least concern Mountain

Nurse shark

Ginglymostoma cirratum

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Agame

Least concern Desert

Asp

Vipera aspis

Least concern Mountain

Lemon shark

Negaprion brevirostris

Near threatened

Snapping turtle

Chelydra serpentina

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Frilled Lizard

Chlamydosaurus kingii

Least concern Savanna

Naja

Least concern Savanna

Gila monster

Near threatened Desert

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