List of fauna of Rivers State explained

This is a list of species of fauna (animals) that have been observed in Rivers State, Nigeria.

Invertebrates

Arachnids

• Zebra spider, Salticus scenicus
• Jumping spider, Phidippus clarus

Crustaceans

• African rainbow crab, Cardisoma armatum
• Atlantic blue crab, Callinectes sapidus
• Atlantic ghost crab, Ocypode quadrata
• Blue land crab, Cardisoma guanhumi

Insects

Blattodea

• Australian cockroach, Periplaneta australasiae

Coleoptera

• Blue milkweed beetle, Chrysochus cobaltinus
• Chinese tiger beetle, Cicindela chinensis

Diptera

• Common housefly, Musca domestica
• Common malaria mosquito, Anopheles quadrimaculatus
• Common oblique syrphid, Allograpta obliqua
• 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
• Cinnabar moth, Tyria jacobaeae
• Common fig-tree blue, Myrina silenus
• Eyed tiger moth, Hypercompe scribonia
• Gypsy moth, Lymantria dispar
• Monarch butterfly, Danaus plexippus
• Snout moth, Glyphodes canthusalis

Odonata

• Navy dropwing, Trithemis furva
• Orange-winged dropwing, Trithemis kirbyi
• Pacific spiketail, Cordulegaster dorsalis
• Tasmanian darner, Austroaeschna tasmanica

Orthoptera

• Fall field cricket, Gryllus pennsylvanicus

Molluscs

• Banana rasp snail, Archachatina marginata
• 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
• South African sharp-nosed frog, Ptychadena oxyrhynchus
• Square-marked toad, Amietophrynus regularis
• Western clawed frog, Xenopus tropicalis

Birds

See main article: List of birds of Rivers State.

Mammals

• African marsh rat, Dasymys incomtus
• African pygmy mouse, Mus minutoides
• Big-eared swamp rat, Malacomys longipes
• Black rat, Rattus rattus
• Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus
• Forest giant squirrel, Protoxerus stangeri
• Gambian pouched rat, Cricetomys gambianus
• Giant forest hog, Hylochoerus meinertzhageni
• Green bush squirrel, Paraxerus poensis
• House rat, Mus musculus
• 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
• Ball python, Python regius
• Black-necked spitting cobra, Naja nigricollis
• Blue-bellied black snake, Pseudechis guttatus
• Brown Rat Snake, Zaocys fuscus
• Calabar python, Calabaria reinhardtii
• 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
• Forest vine snake, Thelotornis kirtlandii
• Gaboon viper, Bitis gabonica
• Green bush viper, Atheris squamigera
• Jameson's mamba, Dendroaspis jamesoni
• Nile crocodile, Crocodylus niloticus
• Ornate monitor, Varanus ornatus
• Rainbow agama, Agama agama
• Senegal mabuya, Trachylepis affinis
• Slender-snouted crocodile, Mecistops cataphractus
• Speckle-lipped skink, Trachylepis maculilabris
• West African black turtle, Pelusios niger
• West African night adder, Causus maculatus