This is a list of species of fauna (animals) that have been observed in
Rivers State
Rivers State, also known as Rivers, is a state in the Niger Delta region of southern Nigeria (Old Eastern Region). Formed in 1967, when it was split from the former Eastern Region, Rivers State borders include: Imo to the north, Abia and Akwa ...
, Nigeria.
Invertebrates
Arachnids
* Zebra spider, ''
Salticus scenicus''
* Jumping spider, ''
Phidippus clarus''
Crustaceans
* African rainbow crab, ''
Cardisoma armatum''
* Atlantic blue crab, ''
Callinectes sapidus
''Callinectes sapidus'' (from the Ancient Greek ,"beautiful" + , "swimmer", and Latin , "savory"), the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or regionally as the Chesapeake blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic ...
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* Atlantic ghost crab, ''
Ocypode quadrata''
* Blue land crab, ''
Cardisoma guanhumi
''Cardisoma guanhumi'', also known as the blue land crab, is a species of land crab found in tropical and subtopical estuaries and other maritime areas of land along the Atlantic coast of the Americas from Brazil and Colombia, through the Ca ...
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Insects
Blattodea
* Australian cockroach, ''
Periplaneta australasiae''
Coleoptera
* Blue milkweed beetle, ''
Chrysochus cobaltinus''
* Chinese tiger beetle, ''
Cicindela chinensis''
Diptera
* Common housefly, ''
Musca domestica
The housefly (''Musca domestica'') is a fly of the suborder Cyclorrhapha. It is believed to have evolved in the Cenozoic Era, possibly in the Middle East, and has spread all over the world as a commensal of humans. It is the most common f ...
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* Common malaria mosquito, ''
Anopheles quadrimaculatus''
* Common oblique syrphid, ''
Allograpta obliqua
''Allograpta obliqua'' is a common North American species of hoverfly, commonly known as oblique streaktail. The larvae are important predators of aphids while adults are pollinators.
Description
Adults are 6–7 mm long, with yellow strip ...
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* Flower fly, ''
Toxomerus geminatus''
Hemiptera
* Creeping water bugs, ''
Ilyocoris cimicoides''
Hymenoptera
* Acrobat ant, ''
Crematogaster ashmeadi''
* African army ant, ''
Dorylus molestus''
Lepidoptera
* Cabbage butterfly, ''
Pieris brassicae
''Pieris brassicae'', the large white, also called cabbage butterfly, cabbage white, cabbage moth (erroneously), or in India the large cabbage white, is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is a close relative of the small white, ''Pieris ra ...
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* Cinnabar moth, ''
Tyria jacobaeae''
* Common fig-tree blue, ''
Myrina silenus''
* Eyed tiger moth, ''
Hypercompe scribonia''
* Gypsy moth, ''
Lymantria dispar
''Lymantria dispar'', also known as the gypsy moth or the spongy moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. ''Lymantria dispar'' is subdivided into several subspecies, with subspecies such as ''L. d. dispar'' and ''L. d. japonica'' be ...
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* Monarch butterfly, ''
Danaus plexippus
The monarch butterfly or simply monarch (''Danaus plexippus'') is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae) in the family Nymphalidae. Other common names, depending on region, include milkweed, common tiger, wanderer, and black-veined brown. I ...
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* Snout moth, ''
Glyphodes canthusalis''
Odonata
* Navy dropwing, ''
Trithemis furva''
* Orange-winged dropwing, ''
Trithemis kirbyi
''Trithemis kirbyi'', also known as the Kirby's dropwing, orange-winged dropwing, or scarlet rock glider is a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae.
Distribution
It is found in Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, ...
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* Pacific spiketail, ''
Cordulegaster dorsalis''
* Tasmanian darner, ''
Austroaeschna tasmanica
The Tasmanian darner, (''Austroaeschna tasmanica''), is a species of large dragonfly in the family Telephlebiidae, which includes some of the world's largest dragonflies. It is found in Tasmania, Australia. The species was first described by Rob ...
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Orthoptera
* Fall field cricket, ''
Gryllus pennsylvanicus''
Molluscs
* Banana rasp snail, ''
Archachatina marginata
The giant West African snail or banana rasp snail (''Archachatina marginata'') is a species of air-breathing tropical land snail, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Achatinidae. They can grow up to long, and live up to ...
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* Giant African snail, ''
Achatina fulica''
* Giant tiger land snail, ''
Achatina achatina''
Vertebrates
Amphibians
* Crowned bullfrog, ''
Hoplobatrachus occipitalis''
* Flat-backed toad, ''
Amietophrynus maculatus''
* Mascarene ridged frog, ''
Ptychadena mascareniensis
The Mascarene grass frog (''Ptychadena mascareniensis''), or Mascarene ridged frog, is a species of frog in the family Ptychadenidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar, and Mauritius.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical ...
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* South African sharp-nosed frog, ''
Ptychadena oxyrhynchus''
* Square-marked toad, ''
Amietophrynus regularis''
* Western clawed frog, ''
Xenopus tropicalis
The western clawed frog (''Xenopus tropicalis'') is a species of frog in the family Pipidae, also known as tropical clawed frog. It is the only species in the genus ''Xenopus'' to have a diploid genome. Its genome has been sequenced, making it a ...
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Birds
Mammals
* African marsh rat, ''
Dasymys incomtus''
* African pygmy mouse, ''
Mus minutoides''
* Big-eared swamp rat, ''
Malacomys longipes''
* Black rat, ''
Rattus rattus
The black rat (''Rattus rattus''), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus ''Rattus'', in the subfamily Murinae. It likely originated in the Indian subcontinent, but is ...
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* Brown rat, ''
Rattus norvegicus
''Rattus'' is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats. However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species outside of this genus.
Species and description
The best-known ''Rattus'' species are the black rat (''R. rattus'') ...
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* Forest giant squirrel, ''
Protoxerus stangeri''
* Gambian pouched rat, ''
Cricetomys gambianus''
* Giant forest hog, ''
Hylochoerus meinertzhageni''
* Green bush squirrel, ''
Paraxerus poensis''
* House rat, ''
Mus musculus
Mus or MUS may refer to:
Abbreviations
* MUS, the NATO country code for Mauritius
* MUS, the IATA airport code for Minami Torishima Airport
* MUS, abbreviation for the Centre for Modern Urban Studies on Campus The Hague, Leiden University, Net ...
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* Mona monkey, ''
Cercopithecus mona''
* Pygmy hippopotamus, ''
Hexaprotodon liberiensis''
* Red-bellied monkey, ''
Cercopithecus erythrogaster''
* Red colobus monkey, ''
Procolobus preussi''
* Sclater's monkey, ''
Cercopithecus sclateri''
* Striped ground squirrel, ''
Xerus erythropus''
* Typical striped grass mouse, ''
Lemniscomys striatus''
* Yellow-backed duiker, ''
Cephalophus silvicultor''
Reptiles
* African rock python, ''
Python sebae
The Central African rock python (''Python sebae'') is a species of large constrictor snake in the family Pythonidae. The species is native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of 11 living species in the genus ''Python''.
Africa's largest snake and ...
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* Ball python, ''
Python regius''
* Black-necked spitting cobra, ''
Naja nigricollis''
* Blue-bellied black snake, ''
Pseudechis guttatus
The blue-bellied black snake (''Pseudechis guttatus''), also known commonly as the spotted black snake, is a species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is native to Australia.
Geographic range
''P. guttatus'' is endemic to t ...
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* Brown Rat Snake, ''
Zaocys fuscus''
* Calabar python, ''
Calabaria reinhardtii
:''Common names: Calabar ground boa, burrowing boa, Mehrtens JM (1987). ''Living Snakes of the World in Color''. New York: Sterling Publishers. 480 pp. . Calabar boa, more.''
The Calabar python (''Calabaria reinhardtii'') is a species of non-ven ...
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* Common house gecko, ''
Hemidactylus frenatus''
* Dwarf crocodile, ''
Osteolaemus tetraspis''
* Emerald snake, ''
Hapsidophrys smaragdina''
* Fire skink, ''
Lepidothyris fernandi''
* Forest cobra, ''
Naja melanoleuca''
* Forest hinge-back tortoise, ''
Kinixys erosa
''Kinixys'' is a genus of turtles in the family Testudinidae. The genus was erected by Thomas Bell in 1827. The species in the genus ''Kinixys'' are native to Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar and commonly known as hinged tortoises or hinge-bac ...
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* Forest vine snake, ''
Thelotornis kirtlandii''
* Gaboon viper, ''
Bitis gabonica
The Gaboon viper (''Bitis gabonica''), also called the Gaboon adder, is a viper species found in the rainforests and savannas of sub-Saharan Africa.McDiarmid RW, Campbell JA, Touré T. 1999. ''Snake Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geogra ...
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* Green bush viper, ''
Atheris squamigera''
* Jameson's mamba, ''
Dendroaspis jamesoni
Jameson's mamba (''Dendroaspis jamesoni'') is a species of highly venomous snake native to equatorial Africa. A member of the mamba genus, ''Dendroaspis'', it is slender with dull green upper parts and cream underparts and generally ranges from ...
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* Nile crocodile, ''
Crocodylus niloticus
''Crocodylus'' is a genus of true crocodiles in the family Crocodylidae.
Taxonomy
The generic name, ''Crocodylus'', was proposed by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768. ''Crocodylus'' contains 13–14 extant (living) species and 5 extinct spe ...
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* Ornate monitor, ''
Varanus ornatus''
* Rainbow agama, ''
Agama agama
The common agama, red-headed rock agama or rainbow agama (''Agama agama'') is a species of lizard from the family Agamidae found in most of sub-Saharan Africa. To clear up historical confusion based on Linnaeus and other authors, Wagner, et al. ( ...
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* Senegal mabuya, ''
Trachylepis affinis''
* Slender-snouted crocodile, ''
Mecistops cataphractus
The West African slender-snouted crocodile (''Mecistops cataphractus''), or slender-snouted crocodile, is a critically endangered species of African crocodile. It is one of five species of crocodile in Africa, the other four being the Central A ...
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* Speckle-lipped skink, ''
Trachylepis maculilabris''
* West African black turtle, ''
Pelusios niger''
* West African night adder, ''
Causus maculatus
''Causus maculatus'' is Viperidae, viper species found mainly in West Africa, West- and Central Africa. No subspecies are currently recognized. Common names include forest rhombic night adder,Mallow D, Ludwig D, Nilson G. 2003. True Vipers: Natur ...
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References
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