List of fauna of Rivers State

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

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

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

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