Table 1. The number of Malagasy reptile species in each family assigned to the IUCN Red List categories.
Family | Critically Endangered | Endangered | Vulnerable | Near Threatened | Least Concern | Data Deficient | Total | Threatened species | Percentage threatened species |
Chamaeleonidae | 4 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 76 | 41 | 54 |
Gekkonidae | 5 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 40 | 8 | 97 | 36 | 37 |
Scincidae | 5 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 29 | 13 | 70 | 22 | 31 |
Gerrhosauridae | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 33 |
Opluridae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Psammophiidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lamprophiidae | 2 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 43 | 5 | 77 | 19 | 25 |
Xenotyphlopidae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 50 |
Boidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Typhlopidae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Podocnemididae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
Testudinidae | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100 |