Which countries have most reptile species? © Rune Midtgaard

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*Countries with same number of species are ranked alphabetically. Rank* Country Species No. 1 Australia 1054 No. 2 Mexico 952 No. 3 Brazil 820 No. 4 Indonesia 804 No. 5 India 606 No. 6 Colombia 593 No. 7 Malaysia 488 No. 8 Ecuador 477 No. 9 Peru 473 No. 10 China 461 No. 11 Vietnam 448 No. 12 Madagascar 436 No. 13 Argentina 429 No. 14 Thailand 424 No. 15 South Africa 410 No. 16 Venezuela 396 No. 17 Papua New Guinea 372 No. 18 USA 370 No. 19 Tanzania 361 No. 20 Congo-Kinshasa 348 No. 21 Philippines 339 No. 22 Myanmar 336 No. 23 Bolivia 309 No. 24 Kenya 280 No. 25 Panama 277 No. 26 Guatemala 269 No. 27 Cameroon 268 No. 28 Honduras 268 No. 29 Namibia 268 No. 30 Angola 264 No. 31 Iran 258 No. 32 Costa Rica 249 No. 33 Mozambique 243 No. 34 Laos 227 No. 35 Somalia 226 No. 36 Sri Lanka 222 No. 37 Nigeria 221 No. 38 Ethiopia 211 No. 39 Central African Republic 198 No. 40 Pakistan 197 No. 41 Paraguay 190 No. 42 Zambia 190 No. 43 Cambodia 189 No. 44 Guyana 183 No. 45 Zimbabwe 182 No. 46 Ghana 181 No. 47 Surinam 181 No. 48 Nicaragua 178 No. 49 Guinea 173 No. 50 Uganda 173 No. 51 Congo-Brazzaville 172 No. 52 French Guiana [France] 169 No. 53 Ivory Coast 163 No. 54 Cuba 156 No. 55 Bangladesh 155 No. 56 Togo 155 No. 57 Malawi 154 No. 58 Chile 150 No. 59 Botswana 145 No. 60 Turkey 140 No. 61 Yemen 135 No. 62 Brunei 134 No. 63 Benin 132 No. 64 Mali 129 No. 65 South Sudan 129 No. 66 Gabon 128 No. 67 Nepal 128 No. 68 New Caledonia [France] 128 No. 69 Sudan 128 No. 70 Dominican Republic 127 No. 71 Equatorial Guinea 126 No. 72 Singapore 126 No. 73 Saudi Arabia 125 No. 74 Haiti 124 No. 75 Senegal 124 No. 76 Belize 121 No. 77 Liberia 117 No. 78 Chad 116 No. 79 Eswatini 115 No. 80 Rwanda 114 No. 81 Sierra Leone 111 No. 82 Egypt 110 No. 83 Algeria 107 No. 84 Morocco 107 No. 85 Oman 107 No. 86 Taiwan 106 No. 87 Afghanistan 105 No. 88 Jordan 105 No. 89 Iraq 103 No. 90 Niger 103 No. 91 El Salvador 101 No. 92 Bhutan 100 No. 93 Syria 97 No. 94 Israel 96 No. 95 Burkina Faso 95 No. 96 Trinidad & Tobago 93 No. 97 Japan 91 No. 98 Mauritania 90 No. 99 Eritrea 87 No. 100 Burundi 86 No. 101 Russia 86 No. 102 Turkmenistan 86 No. 103 Guinea-Bissau 80 No. 104 Solomon Islands 77 No. 105 Spain 76 No. 106 Gambia 75 No. 107 New Zealand 73 No. 108 United Arab Emirates 72 No. 109 Tunisia 71 No. 110 Greece 70 No. 111 Uruguay 68 No. 112 Libya 65 No. 113 Azerbaijan 64 No. 114 Georgia 58 No. 115 Puerto Rico 57 No. 116 Uzbekistan 57 No. 117 Italy 56 No. 118 Western Sahara 54 No. 119 Kazakhstan 52 No. 120 Lebanon 52 No. 121 Tajikistan 52 No. 122 Armenia 51 No. 123 Bahamas 48 No. 124 Djibouti 48 No. 125 Albania 47 No. 126 Kuwait 46 No. 127 East Timor 44 No. 128 Canada 42 No. 129 France 41 No. 130 Qatar 40 No. 131 Croatia 39 No. 132 Fiji 39 No. 133 Jamaica 39 No. 134 Vanuatu 39 No. 135 Bulgaria 37 No. 136 Montenegro 37 No. 137 Portugal 37 No. 138 Bosnia & Herzegovina 35 No. 139 Kyrgyzstan 35 No. 140 Lesotho 34 No. 141 Socotra Archipelago [Yemen] 34 No. 142 Macedonia 33 No. 143 Palau 33 No. 144 Seychelles 33 No. 145 Slovenia 31 No. 146 South Korea 31 No. 147 Bahrain 30 No. 148 Micronesia 29 No. 149 British Virgin Islands [United Kingdom] 27 No. 150 Serbia 27 No. 151 Cape Verde 26 No. 152 Cyprus 26 No. 153 North Korea 26 No. 154 Cayman Islands 25 No. 155 Mongolia 25 No. 156 Romania 25 No. 157 Tonga 25 No. 158 U.S. Virgin Islands [USA] 25 No. 159 Saint Vincent & the Grenadines 24 No. 160 Sao Tome & Principe 24 No. 161 Comoro Islands 22 No. 162 Marshall Islands 22 No. 163 Western Samoa 22 No. 164 Grenada 21 No. 165 Guadeloupe [France] 21 No. 166 Ukraine 21 No. 167 American Samoa [USA] 20 No. 168 Canary Islands [Spain] 20 No. 169 Mauritius 20 No. 170 Gibraltar [United Kingdom] 18 No. 171 Saint Lucia 18 No. 172 Cook Islands 17 No. 173 Dominica 17 No. 174 Anguilla 16 No. 175 Hungary 16 No. 176 Martinique [France] 16 No. 177 Mayotte [France] 16 No. 178 Moldova 16 No. 179 Northern Mariana Islands 16 No. 180 Switzerland 16 No. 181 Turks & Caicos Islands 16 No. 182 Antigua & Barbuda 15 No. 183 Curacao [Netherlands] 15 No. 184 Germany 15 No. 185 Guam [USA] 15 No. 186 Maldives 15 No. 187 Tuvalu 15 No. 188 Aruba [Netherlands] 14 No. 189 French Polynesia [France] 14 No. 190 Kiribati 14 No. 191 Saint Barthelemy [France] 14 No. 192 Saint Martin [France / Netherlands] 14 No. 193 Wallis & Futuna [France] 14 No. 194 Austria 13 No. 195 Barbados 13 No. 196 Saint Kitts & Nevis 13 No. 197 Slovakia 13 No. 198 Tokelau [New Zealand] 13 No. 199 United Kingdom 13 No. 200 Andorra 12 No. 201 Bonaire [Netherlands] 12 No. 202 Montserrat [United Kingdom] 12 No. 203 Niue 12 No. 204 Poland 12 No. 205 San Marino 12 No. 206 Sint Eustatius [Netherlands] 12 No. 207 Czech Republic 11 No. 208 Netherlands 11 No. 209 Belgium 10 No. 210 Easter Island [Chile] 10 No. 211 Hawaii [USA] 10 No. 212 Malta 10 No. 213 Nauru 10 No. 214 Saba [Netherlands] 9 No. 215 Bonin Islands [Japan] 8 No. 216 Christmas Island [Australia] 8 No. 217 Denmark 8 No. 218 Sweden 8 No. 219 Belarus 7 No. 220 Cocos (Keeling) Islands [Australia] 7 No. 221 Lithuania 7 No. 222 Norway 7 No. 223 Reunion [France] 7 No. 224 Bermuda [United Kingdom] 6 No. 225 Estonia 6 No. 226 Europa Island [France] 6 No. 227 Liechtenstein 6 No. 228 Luxembourg 6 No. 229 Madeira [Portugal] 6 No. 230 Navassa [USA] 6 No. 231 Republic of Ireland 6 No. 232 Azores [Portugal] 5 No. 233 Finland 5 No. 234 Juan de Nova [France] 5 No. 235 Latvia 5 No. 236 Pitcairn Islands [United Kingdom] 5 No. 237 Wake [USA] 5 No. 238 Ascension [United Kingdom] 4 No. 239 Clipperton [France] 4 No. 240 Glorioso Islands [France] 4 No. 241 Johnston [USA] 4 No. 242 Selvagens Islands [Portugal] 4 No. 243 Volcano Islands [Japan] 4 No. 244 Chagos Archipelago [United Kingdom] 3 No. 245 Howland & Baker [USA] 3 No. 246 Minami Torishima [Japan] 3 No. 247 Monaco 3 No. 248 Saint Helena [United Kingdom] 3 No. 249 Kermadec Islands [New Zealand] 2 No. 250 Palmyra [USA] 2 No. 251 Spratly Islands [disputed territory] 2 No. 252 Tristan da Cunha [United Kingdom] 2 No. 253 Tromelin [France] 2 No. 254 Bassas da India [France] 1 No. 255 Cocos Islands (Indonesia) [Indonesia] 1 No. 256 Iceland 1 No. 257 Jarvis [USA] 1