IUCN - Blog Posts

The conservation status of turtles and tortoises, nearly 60% of which are threatened. Many critically endangered turtles are in Asia, such as the Yunnan Box Turtle, Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle and Philippine Pond Turtle. The leatherback and hawksbill sea turtles are also critically endangered.

44% of crocodilians are threatened according to the IUCN. The Chinese alligator, Orinoco crocodile, Phillippines crocodile, Cuban crocodile, Siamese crocodile and Gharial are all considered critically endangered. A conservation success story, the American alligator, once facing extinction, is now considered "low risk", although the American crocodile is "vulnerable".

...and lizards, a quarter of which are threatened.

Conservation status of reptiles, which include snakes, lizards, turtles & tortoises, tuataras and the crocodilians

The environmental blog Mongabay.com created a series of graphs from the IUCN Red List, which evaluates the conservation status of plant and animal species and lists those that are under threat. I'll be posting a series of them from different groups.

The first is the conservation status of herps, or reptiles and amphibians.