List of Endangered species in Costa Rica



This is a list of Endangered species in Costa Rica 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_namecommon_nametaxonidcategory
Duellmanohyla lythrodes Savage's Brook Frog 55309 EN
Duellmanohyla uranochroa Costa Rica Brook Frog 55314 EN
Aiouea obscura 32932 EN
Ecnomiohyla fimbrimembra Heredia Treefrog 55482 EN
Acacia allenii 19892461 EN
Ateles geoffroyi ssp. ornatus Ornate Spider Monkey 2289 EN
Isthmohyla pictipes Pico Blanco Treefrog 55603 EN
Weberocereus trichophorus 152046 EN
Anaxagorea phaeocarpa 37434 EN
Caryocar costaricense 31296 EN
Esenbeckia berlandieri subsp. litoralis 37445 EN
Ficus cotinifolia var. hondurensis 37447 EN
Vitex cooperi 37470 EN
Ptychohyla legleri Legler's Stream Frog 55912 EN
Zanthoxylum panamense 37476 EN
Persea albida 101315181 EN
Weberocereus imitans 152179 EN
Geophis talamancae 203533 EN
Bolitoglossa tica 136005 EN
Sibon lamari 203592 EN
Trimetopon simile Dunn's Tropical Ground Snake 203605 EN
Hylocereus calcaratus 152408 EN
Epigomphus corniculatus Horned Knobtail 60251 EN
Epigomphus houghtoni Limón Knobtail 60255 EN
Palaemnema baltodanoi Cacao Shadowdamsel 60261 EN
Carpodectes antoniae Yellow-billed Cotinga 22700907 EN
Damburneya longipetiolata 35696 EN
Cephalopterus glabricollis Bare-necked Umbrellabird 22700933 EN
Epigomphus verticicornis Cartago Knobtail 29600 EN
Quararibea platyphylla 37806 EN
Epiphyllum lepidocarpum 152675 EN
Guatteria pudica 103435372 EN
Quararibea aurantiocalyx 35956 EN
Quararibea gomeziana 35957 EN
Quararibea pendula 35959 EN
Lacunaria panamensis 33926 EN
Epigomphus armatus 165007 EN
Costus nitidus 56347808 EN
Ctenosaura quinquecarinata Oaxacan Spinytail Iguana 44193 EN
Magnolia guanacastensis 67513529 EN
Magnolia inbioana 67513532 EN
Tripsacum maizar 101338328 EN
Guatteria rostrata 103435504 EN
Magnolia wetteri 67513630 EN
Eugenia salamensis 36135 EN
Inga golfodulcensis 38254 EN
Inga mortoniana 38260 EN
Saimiri oerstedii ssp. oerstedii Black-crowned Central American Squirrel Monkey 19840 EN
Saimiri oerstedii ssp. citrinellus Grey-crowned Central American Squirrel Monkey 19841 EN
Inga multijuga subsp. aestuariorum 38276 EN
Inga bracteifera 38287 EN
Inga tenuiloba 38289 EN
Inga jimenezii 38295 EN
Inga litoralis 38303 EN
Inga herrerae 38305 EN
Inga exalata subsp. umbilicata 38309 EN
Prumnopitys standleyi 38324 EN
Inga bella 38328 EN
Oedipina pseudouniformis 59322 EN
Palaemnema chiriquita Chiriquita Shadowdamsel 15880 EN
Palaemnema melanota Black-backed Shadowdamsel 15882 EN
Palaemnema reventazoni Reventazón Shadowdamsel 15884 EN
Craugastor rhyacobatrachus 56913 EN
Epigomphus camelus Humped Knobtail 7832 EN
Epigomphus subsimilis Alajuela Knobtail 7836 EN
Terminalia bucidoides 32502 EN
Bolitoglossa alvaradoi Moravia de Chirripo Salamander 59138 EN
Bolitoglossa compacta Cerro Pando Salamander 59148 EN
Bolitoglossa marmorea Crater Salamander 59177 EN
Bolitoglossa minutula 59181 EN
Bolitoglossa nigrescens Cordillera Central Salamander 59186 EN
Brachionidium dressleri Cup Orchid 44392252 EN
Bolitoglossa sooyorum Cordillera Talamanca Salamander 59208 EN
Amazilia boucardi Mangrove Hummingbird 22687562 EN
Bolitoglossa subpalmata La Palma Salamander 59212 EN
Stenanona panamensis 30564 EN
Habia atrimaxillaris Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager 22722430 EN
Oedipina carablanca Los Diamantes Worm Salamander 59308 EN
Oedipina gracilis 59314 EN
Oedipina grandis Cerro Pando Worm Salamander 59315 EN
Oedipina poelzi Quarry Worm Salamander 59321 EN
Oreomunnea pterocarpa 30663 EN
Inga latipes 30668 EN
Inga stenophylla 30669 EN
Phyllobates vittatus Golfodulcean Poison-arrow Frog 55265 EN
Agalychnis annae Orange-eyed Tree Frog 55288 EN

 

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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups:
  • Extinct (EX) – beyond reasonable doubt that the species is no longer extant.
  • Extinct in the wild (EW) – survives only in captivity, cultivation and/or outside native range, as presumed after exhaustive surveys.
  • Critically endangered (CR) – in a particularly and extremely critical state.
  • Endangered (EN) – very high risk of extinction in the wild, meets any of criteria A to E for Endangered.
  • Vulnerable (VU) – meets one of the 5 red list criteria and thus considered to be at high risk of unnatural (human-caused) extinction without further human intervention.
  • Near threatened (NT) – close to being at high risk of extinction in the near future.
  • Least concern (LC) – unlikely to become extinct in the near future.
  • Data deficient (DD)
  • Not evaluated (NE)