Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 81 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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Hexacorallia (Sea Anemones and Corals) 1 Gastropods 6 Bivalves 7 Clitellates 1 Clitellates 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Polychaetes 2 Tardigrades (Eutardigrada / Heterotardigrada) 1 Rotifers 1 Demosponges (Poriferans) 1 Scyphozoans 1 Crustaceans (Barnacles) 1 Anthozoans 1 Hydrozoans 2 Starfish (Echinoderms) 1 Brittle Stars 1 Sea Urchins 1 Holothuroidea (Sea Cucumbers) 1 Crinoids 1 Millipedes 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Malacostracan Crustaceans 13 Molluscs 1 Chondrichthyans 6 Cephalopods 6 Chondrichthyans 10 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Actinopterygians 18 Fish (Actinopterygians) 17 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Horseshoe crabs 1 Mammals 208 Birds 131 Reptiles 62 Amphibians 13 Fish 28 Insects 55 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

Forest Wetlands Farmland & grasslands Steppe Coastline Ocean & sea Mountain Rivers & lakes Urban environment 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

81 species asterides-echinodermes Starfish (Echinoderms) Bivalves Reptiles Arachnids

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Mediterranean chameleon

Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Deathstalker scorpion

Androctonus australis

Not evaluated Desert

Tunisia

Desert horned viper

Cerastes cerastes

Least concern Desert

Gaboon viper

Bitis gabonica

Least concern Savanna

King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

Vulnerable Tropical forest

Tunisia

Egyptian cobra

Naja haje

Least concern Desert

Komodo dragon

Varanus komodoensis

Endangered Savanna

Tunisia

Desert monitor

Varanus griseus

Least concern Desert

Perentie

Varanus giganteus

Least concern Desert

Basil

Basiliscus sp.

Least concern Tropical forest

Goliath birdeater

Theraphosa blondi

Not evaluated Tropical forest

Tunisia

Greek tortoise

Testudo graeca

Vulnerable Desert

Gharial

Gavialis gangeticus

Critically endangered Rivers & lakes

Rattlesnake

Least concern Desert

Taipan

Oxyuranus scutellatus

Least concern Savanna

Green anaconda

Eunectes murinus

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Leatherback turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

giant turtle

Vulnerable Savanna

Tunisia

Iguana

Iguana iguana

Least concern Tropical forest

Galapagos tortoise

Chelonoidis niger

Vulnerable Savanna

Tunisia

Ocellated Lizard

Near threatened Desert

Bearded dragon

Pogona vitticeps

Least concern Desert

White-lipped pit viper

Trimeresurus albolabris

Least concern Tropical forest

Alligator turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

Vulnerable Rivers & lakes

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