Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 80 animal species in TunisieVet’s Animalpedia: characteristics, diet, habitat, behaviour and conservation status.

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Chondrichthyans 5 Sarcopterygians (Flesh-finned fish) 1 Actinistians (Sarcopterygians) 1 Bony fish (Actinopterygians) 1 Fish (Actinopterygians) 15 Actinopterygians 17 Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish) 1 Chondrichthyans 8 Cephalopods 1 Molluscs 1 Mammals 168 Birds 114 Reptiles 51 Amphibians 7 Fish 27 Insects 20 Arachnids 3 Crustaceans 1

HABITAT

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

80 species Insects Cephalopods Chondrichthyans Reptiles

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Mediterranean chameleon

Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Desert horned viper

Cerastes cerastes

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Data deficient Forest

Gaboon viper

Bitis gabonica

Least concern Savanna

Perentie

Varanus giganteus

Least concern Desert

Tiger shark

Galeocerdo cuvier

Near threatened

Komodo dragon

Varanus komodoensis

Endangered Savanna

Tunisia

Egyptian cobra

Naja haje

Least concern Desert

King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

Vulnerable Tropical forest

Tunisia

Mako shark

Isurus oxyrinchus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Taipan

Oxyuranus scutellatus

Least concern Savanna

Tunisia

Greek tortoise

Testudo graeca

Vulnerable Desert

Monarch butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Least concern Forest

Basking shark

Cetorhinus maximus

Endangered Ocean & sea

Tunisia

thresher shark

Alopias vulpinus

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

Tunisia

Desert monitor

Varanus griseus

Least concern Desert

Green anaconda

Eunectes murinus

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Seven-spot ladybird

Coccinella septempunctata

Least concern Forest

Tunisia

Ocellated Lizard

Near threatened Desert

Alligator turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

Vulnerable Rivers & lakes

Basil

Basiliscus sp.

Least concern Tropical forest

White-lipped pit viper

Trimeresurus albolabris

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Hammerhead shark

Endangered

Tunisia

Leatherback turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

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