Species atlas · Kurdistan Region
Species
Profiles of the animals and plants documented across the four governorates, with conservation status and where each was recorded.
844 Animal species
1,408 Plant species
By group
Conservation status Animals
- Critically Endangered4
- Endangered5
- Vulnerable21
- Near Threatened27
- Least Concern372
- Not assessed62
30 threatened species, including Kurdistan newt and Siberian Stonechat
By governorate
- 513 Erbil
- 341 Duhok
- 975 Sulaymaniyah
- 70 Halabja
Showing 1 to 12 of 73 species
Sorted A to Z
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Reptile or amphibianCaucasian agama
Paralaudakia caucasica
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianDice Snake
Natrix tessellata
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianGreek tortoise
Testudo graeca
Erbil Vulnerable -
Reptile or amphibianMiddle East tree frog, Savigny’s tree frog
Hyla savignyi
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianOriental fire salamander
Salamandra infraimmaculata
Halabja Near Threatened -
Reptile or amphibianThree-line Lizard, Giant Green Lizard
Lacerta media
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianAlexander's worm-lizard
Blanus alexandri
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianAnatolian Lizard
Apathya cappadocica
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianAndreas’ Racer or Zagros Whip Snake
Dolichophis andreanus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianAsia minor thin-toed gecko
Mediodactylus heterocercus
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianAsian Snake-eyed Skink
Ablepharus pannonicus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianBaluch rock gecko, Arabian desert gecko, Southern tuberculated Gecko
Bunopus tuberculatus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern
