Animal encyclopedia: all species

Explore the 57 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 24 Arachnids 3 Crustaceans 1

HABITAT

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

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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

Giant manta ray

Mobula birostris

Endangered Ocean & sea

Perentie

Varanus giganteus

Least concern Desert

Komodo dragon

Varanus komodoensis

Endangered Savanna

Tunisia

Egyptian cobra

Naja haje

Least concern Desert

Taipan

Oxyuranus scutellatus

Least concern Savanna

King cobra

Ophiophagus hannah

Vulnerable Tropical forest

Tunisia

Greek tortoise

Testudo graeca

Vulnerable Desert

Tunisia

Desert monitor

Varanus griseus

Least concern Desert

Tunisia

Torpedo ray

Torpedo torpedo / Torpedo marmorata (famille Torpedinidae)

Least concern Ocean & sea

Basil

Basiliscus sp.

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Ocellated Lizard

Near threatened Desert

Green anaconda

Eunectes murinus

Least concern Tropical forest

Common octopus

Octopus vulgaris

Least concern Ocean & sea

White-lipped pit viper

Trimeresurus albolabris

Least concern Tropical forest

Tunisia

Leatherback turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

Vulnerable Ocean & sea

giant turtle

Vulnerable Savanna

Alligator turtle

Macrochelys temminckii

Vulnerable Rivers & lakes

Galapagos tortoise

Chelonoidis niger

Vulnerable Savanna

Bearded dragon

Pogona vitticeps

Least concern Desert

Leopard gecko

Eublepharis macularius

Least concern Desert

Gharial

Gavialis gangeticus

Critically endangered Rivers & lakes

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