Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 38 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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Actinopterygians 17 Polychaetes 1 Turbellarians (Flatworms) 1 Clitellates 1 Clitellates 1 Bivalves 7 Gastropods 6 Crustaceans (Barnacles) 1 Malacostracan Crustaceans 10 Horseshoe crabs 1 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Fish (Actinopterygians) 15 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Chondrichthyans 8 Cephalopods 4 Chondrichthyans 5 Molluscs 1 Mammals 168 Birds 114 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 7 Fish 27 Insects 54 Arachnids 11 Crustaceans 2

HABITAT

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

38 species crustaces Chondrichthyans Reptiles Data deficient Least concern Extinct in the wild

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Tunisia

Mediterranean chameleon

Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Desert horned viper

Cerastes cerastes

Least concern Desert

Gaboon viper

Bitis gabonica

Least concern Savanna

Tunisia

Egyptian cobra

Naja haje

Least concern Desert

Perentie

Varanus giganteus

Least concern Desert

Taipan

Oxyuranus scutellatus

Least concern Savanna

Tunisia

Desert monitor

Varanus griseus

Least concern Desert

Green anaconda

Eunectes murinus

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Torpedo ray

Torpedo torpedo / Torpedo marmorata (famille Torpedinidae)

Least concern Ocean & sea

Basil

Basiliscus sp.

Least concern Tropical forest

Rattlesnake

Least concern Desert

White-lipped pit viper

Trimeresurus albolabris

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Iguana

Iguana iguana

Least concern Tropical forest

Bearded dragon

Pogona vitticeps

Least concern Desert

Leopard gecko

Eublepharis macularius

Least concern Desert

European lobster

Homarus gammarus

Least concern Ocean & sea

Anole

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Skink

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

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Python

Python sp. (famille Pythonidae)

Least concern Savanna

Tunisia

Montpellier snake

Malpolon monspessulanus

Least concern Desert

Nile crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

Least concern Rivers & lakes

Cape cobra

Naja nivea

Agame

Coral snake

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