List of Critically Endangered species in Cameroon
This is a list of Critically Endangered species in Cameroon according to the IUCN Red List.
This list was last updated 2019-09-14
This list contains only species that have been assessed for the IUCN Red List. It is therefore not representative of all the species in the country.
Species counts by country: Total | Amphibians | Birds | Fish | Mammals | Reptiles | Vascular Plants.
| scientific_name | common_name | taxonid | category |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eriosema adamaouense | 202754 | CR | |
| Ostryocarpus zenkerianus | 202764 | CR | |
| Platysepalum scaberulum | 202765 | CR | |
| Memecylon bakossiense | 202783 | CR | |
| Warneckea ngutiensis | 202796 | CR | |
| Pristimera biholongii | 202724 | CR | |
| Pristimera breteleri | 202725 | CR | |
| Salacia conraui | 202726 | CR | |
| Piliocolobus preussi | Preuss’s Red Colobus | 41026 | CR |
| Rhaptopetalum breteleri | 202819 | CR | |
| Simirestis staudtii | 202734 | CR | |
| Magnistipula multinervia | 202739 | CR | |
| Pavetta brachysiphon | 110094476 | CR | |
| Plectranthus dissitiflorus | 39521 | CR | |
| Stereospermum zenkeri | 202716 | CR | |
| Crotaphatrema lamottei | Mount Oku Caecilian | 59649 | CR |
| Rhynchosia ledermannii | 202768 | CR | |
| Trifolium gillettianum | 202769 | CR | |
| Potadoma kadeii | 184631 | CR | |
| Konia eisentrauti | Konye | 11055 | CR |
| Brachystephanus kupeensis | 45405 | CR | |
| Dactyladenia johnstonei | 45441 | CR | |
| Stomatepia mariae | Alkali Cichlid | 20864 | CR |
| Crotonogyne impedita | 45448 | CR | |
| Gabbiella depressa | 184743 | CR | |
| Coffea charrieriana | 18536873 | CR | |
| Pungu maclareni | Pungu | 18879 | CR |
| Afrothismia gesnerioides | 110096839 | CR | |
| Stomatepia mongo | Mongo | 20865 | CR |
| Stomatepia pindu | Pindu | 20866 | CR |
| Coleochloa domensis | 110080553 | CR | |
| Pararistolochia preussii | 39477 | CR | |
| Afrothismia foertheriana | 110096961 | CR | |
| Impatiens grandisepala | 39500 | CR | |
| Begonia quadrialata subsp. dusenii | 39504 | CR | |
| Drypetes tessmanniana | 39517 | CR | |
| Hoplestigma pierreanum | 39520 | CR | |
| Beilschmiedia preussii | 39522 | CR | |
| Anthonotha leptorrhachis | 39523 | CR | |
| Crudia bibundina | 39524 | CR | |
| Plagiosiphon longitubus | 39526 | CR | |
| Ardisia etindensis | 39527 | CR | |
| Ardisia oligantha | 39528 | CR | |
| Ardisia schlechteri | 39529 | CR | |
| Eugenia kameruniana | 39531 | CR | |
| Chlorophytum petrophilum | 39537 | CR | |
| Afrothismia pachyantha | 39539 | CR | |
| Afrothismia winkleri | 39540 | CR | |
| Synsepalum brenanii | 39535 | CR | |
| Oxygyne triandra | 39556 | CR | |
| Bulbophyllum filiforme | 39569 | CR | |
| Gastrodia africana | 39575 | CR | |
| Genyorchis platybulbon | 39577 | CR | |
| Liparis goodyeroides | 39580 | CR | |
| Belonophora ongensis | 39585 | CR | |
| Polystachya victoriae | 39584 | CR | |
| Aporrhiza multijuga | 110084781 | CR | |
| Ardisia dom | 110082733 | CR | |
| Scleria sheilae | 110080777 | CR | |
| Phrynobatrachus manengoubensis | Manengouba River Frog | 58125 | CR |
| Alexteroon jynx | 56088 | CR | |
| Deinbollia macrantha | 110084898 | CR | |
| Fundulopanchax gardneri ssp. lacustris | Ejagham killi | 183087 | CR |
| Konia dikume | Dikume | 11054 | CR |
| Eugenia gilgii | 39740 | CR | |
| Alchemilla fischeri subsp. camerunensis | 39744 | CR | |
| Dombeya ledermannii | 39747 | CR | |
| Chromidotilapia guntheri ssp. loennbergii | 183124 | CR | |
| Clarias maclareni | 4958 | CR | |
| Keetia bakossii | 45914 | CR | |
| Cola metallica | 43881 | CR | |
| Psychotria bimbiensis | 43887 | CR | |
| Phrynobatrachus njiomock | Lake Oku Puddle Frog | 76317553 | CR |
| Psychotria moliwensis | 43888 | CR | |
| Psychotria moseskemei | 43893 | CR | |
| Eremospatha barendii | Rattan | 95316871 | CR |
| Ledermanniella sanagaensis | 185325 | CR | |
| Coffea fotsoana | 18537460 | CR | |
| Habenaria maitlandii | 39937 | CR | |
| Chassalia laikomensis | 39940 | CR | |
| Oxyanthus okuensis | 39941 | CR | |
| Phyllanthus kidna | 110076953 | CR | |
| Berlinia korupensis | 103851066 | CR | |
| Gorilla gorilla ssp. diehli | Cross River Gorilla | 39998 | CR |
| Psychotria minimicalyx | 46164 | CR | |
| Coffea heterocalyx | 124306529 | CR | |
| Keetia bakossiorum | 110074982 | CR | |
| Coffea leonimontana | 18537583 | CR | |
| Cyperus microcristatus | 46191 | CR | |
| Hypolytrum subcompositus | 46194 | CR | |
| Cardioglossa trifasciata | 54410 | CR | |
| Astylosternus nganhanus | Nganha Night Frog | 54420 | CR |
| Leptodactylodon axillaris | 54427 | CR | |
| Leptodactylodon erythrogaster | Redbelly Egg Frog | 54432 | CR |
| Leptodactylodon wildi | 54440 | CR | |
| Ledermanniella batangensis | 185525 | CR | |
| Zehnderia microgyna | 185538 | CR | |
| Pentarrhinum abyssinicum subsp. ijimense | 39727 | CR | |
| Phrynobatrachus jimzimkusi | Jim Zimkus' Puddle Frog | 74724558 | CR |
| Winklerella dichotoma | 185552 | CR | |
| Cardioglossa manengouba | 16854228 | CR | |
| Newtonia camerunensis | 39738 | CR | |
| Dicraeanthus zehnderi | 185600 | CR | |
| Ledermanniella keayi | 39741 | CR | |
| Phrynobatrachus steindachneri | Steindachner's River Frog | 74724619 | CR |
| Bulbophyllum jaapii | 46353 | CR | |
| Bulbophyllum kupense | 46354 | CR | |
| Kupea martinetugei | 46369 | CR | |
| Polystachya kupensis | 46368 | CR | |
| Cassipourea korupensis | 110079283 | CR | |
| Phyllanthus caesiifolius | 45455 | CR | |
| Phyllanthus nyale | 45456 | CR | |
| Argocoffeopsis fosimondi | 110079335 | CR | |
| Tilapia bakossiorum | 21888 | CR | |
| Tilapia bemini | 21889 | CR | |
| Tilapia bythobates | 21890 | CR | |
| Tilapia flava | 21891 | CR | |
| Tilapia gutturosa | 21892 | CR | |
| Tilapia imbriferna | 21893 | CR | |
| Tilapia deckerti | 21897 | CR | |
| Tilapia snyderae | 21894 | CR | |
| Tilapia spongotroktis | 21895 | CR | |
| Tilapia thysi | 21896 | CR | |
| Vitex yaundensis | 45876 | CR | |
| Lophuromys eisentrauti | Mount Lefo Brush-furred Rat | 136619 | CR |
| Phrynobatrachus chukuchuku | Spiny Puddle Frog | 175535 | CR |
| Pavetta laxa | 110075322 | CR | |
| Sarotherodon caroli | Fissi | 19908 | CR |
| Sarotherodon linnellii | Blackbelly Tilapia | 19909 | CR |
| Sarotherodon lohbergeri | Keppi | 19910 | CR |
| Sarotherodon steinbachi | Kululu | 19911 | CR |
| Pavetta longistyla | 110075374 | CR | |
| Triclisia macrophylla | 45894 | CR | |
| Gabbiella neothaumaeformis | 165397 | CR | |
| Aulacocalyx camerooniana | 110079565 | CR | |
| Werneria bambutensis | Bamboutos Smalltongue Toad | 54893 | CR |
| Werneria mertensiana | Mertens' Smalltongue Toad | 54894 | CR |
| Werneria tandyi | Tandy's Smalltongue Toad | 54896 | CR |
| Wolterstorffina chirioi | 54897 | CR | |
| Wolterstorffina parvipalmata | Cameroon Wolterstorff Toad | 54899 | CR |
| Pavetta kupensis | 45920 | CR | |
| Stelechantha arcuata | 43885 | CR | |
| Pavetta rubentifolia | 45922 | CR | |
| Afrothismia korupensis | 110096021 | CR | |
| Myaka myaka | Myaka Myaka | 14034 | CR |
| Mitriostigma monocaule | 110094044 | CR | |
| Microberlinia bisulcata | 30441 | CR | |
| Monopetalanthus hedinii | 30442 | CR | |
| Psychotria microthyrsa | 110075661 | CR | |
| Synsepalum batesii | 110087972 | CR | |
| Saxicolella marginalis | 39742 | CR | |
| Xenopus longipes | Lake Oku Clawed Frog | 58176 | CR |
| Dovyalis cameroonensis | 110092211 | CR | |
| Afrothismia amietii | 110075845 | CR | |
| Begonia minuta | 202707 | CR | |
| Begonia montis-elephantis | 202708 | CR | |
| Begonia stellata | 202713 | CR | |
| Dischistocalyx rivularis | 200669 | CR | |
| Chlorocypha aurora | Dawn Jewel | 84379630 | CR |
| Dichapetalum korupinum | 202741 | CR | |
| Dichapetalum letouzeyi | 202742 | CR | |
| Asclepias kamerunensis | 200697 | CR |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: