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 25 to 36 of 73 species
Sorted A to Z
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Reptile or amphibianEastern green toad
Bufotes viridis
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianEastern Montpellier Snake
Malpolon insignitus
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianEuphrates softshell turtle
Rafetus euphraticus
Erbil Endangered -
Reptile or amphibianEurasian Blind Snake
Xerotyphlops vermicularis
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianEuropean Cat Snake
Telescopus fallax
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianEuropean glass lizard
Pseudopus apodus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianFringe-fingered Lizard
Acanthodactylus sp.
Sulaymaniyah Data Deficient -
Reptile or amphibianGolden Grass Mabuya Southern Grass Skink
Heremites septemtaeniatus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianGrass Snake
Natrix natrix
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianGrey spotted leaf-toed gecko
Asaccus griseonotus
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianHorny-scaled agama, Oliver's agama
Trapelus ruderatus
Erbil Least Concern -
Reptile or amphibianIranian fat-tailed gecko, Iraqi eyelid gecko, Zagrosian leopard gecko
Eublepharis angramainyu
Sulaymaniyah Least Concern
