# List of fauna of Rivers State

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

### 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