List of Critically Endangered species in Ecuador
This is a list of Critically Endangered species in Ecuador 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pouteria capacifolia | 35822 | CR | |
| Telmatobius niger | Black Water Frog | 57352 | CR |
| Telmatobius vellardi | Vellard's Water Frog | 57366 | CR |
| Synallaxis maranonica | Marañón Spinetail | 22702350 | CR |
| Spatoglossum schmittii | 63591 | CR | |
| Simira standleyi | 46113 | CR | |
| Brachionidium pteroglossum | 44393112 | CR | |
| Gracilaria skottsbergii | 63646 | CR | |
| Prestonia schumanniana | 42859 | CR | |
| Galaxaura barbata | 63651 | CR | |
| Schizymenia ecuadoreana | 63653 | CR | |
| Chelonoidis darwini | James Island Giant Tortoise | 9020 | CR |
| Chelonoidis guntheri | Sierra Negra Giant Tortoise | 9022 | CR |
| Chelonoidis hoodensis | Hood Island Giant Tortoise | 9024 | CR |
| Chelonoidis porteri | Indefatigable Island Giant Tortoise | 9026 | CR |
| Sturisomatichthys frenatus | 66601913 | CR | |
| Peperomia mitchelioides | 45791 | CR | |
| Peperomia parvilimba | 45794 | CR | |
| Peperomia petraea | 45798 | CR | |
| Peperomia stenostachya | 45806 | CR | |
| Phragmipedium dalessandroi | Dalessandro's Phragmipedium | 86434920 | CR |
| Piper baezanum | 45817 | CR | |
| Zamia gentryi | 42153 | CR | |
| Piper mexiae | 45847 | CR | |
| Carlowrightia ecuadoriana | 42746 | CR | |
| Dicliptera dodsonii | 42748 | CR | |
| Psilanthele eggersii | 42757 | CR | |
| Sanchezia lampra | 42759 | CR | |
| Bomarea angustifolia | 42784 | CR | |
| Bomarea goniocaulon | 42791 | CR | |
| Bomarea graminifolia | 42793 | CR | |
| Bomarea hartwegii | 42794 | CR | |
| Bomarea longipes | 42796 | CR | |
| Annona ecuadorensis | 42817 | CR | |
| Annona hystricoides | 42818 | CR | |
| Annona manabiensis | 42819 | CR | |
| Mandevilla jamesonii | 42855 | CR | |
| Prestonia parvifolia | 42856 | CR | |
| Anthurium coerulescens | 42882 | CR | |
| Anthurium eggersii | 42893 | CR | |
| Anthurium linguifolium | 42918 | CR | |
| Anthurium tenuicaule | 42980 | CR | |
| Philodendron balaoanum | 42994 | CR | |
| Philodendron cruentospathum | 42996 | CR | |
| Philodendron nanegalense | 43000 | CR | |
| Philodendron pogonocaule | 43002 | CR | |
| Syngonium dodsonianum | 43019 | CR | |
| Oreopanax lehmannii | 43031 | CR | |
| Cynanchum densiflorum | 43040 | CR | |
| Begonia asympeltata | 43052 | CR | |
| Cynanchum serpyllifolium | 43072 | CR | |
| Cynanchum spruceanum | 43074 | CR | |
| Cynanchum velutinum | 43076 | CR | |
| Matelea ecuadorensis | 43081 | CR | |
| Matelea orthoneura | 43086 | CR | |
| Matelea sprucei | 43089 | CR | |
| Metalepis gentryi | 43090 | CR | |
| Achyrocline glandulosa | 43093 | CR | |
| Achyrocline mollis | 43095 | CR | |
| Aetheolaena hypoleuca | 43106 | CR | |
| Aetheolaena ledifolia | 43108 | CR | |
| Aetheolaena pichinchensis | 43112 | CR | |
| Draba ecuadoriana | 43124 | CR | |
| Aster quitensis | 43128 | CR | |
| Baccharis aretioides | 43132 | CR | |
| Baccharis fusca | 43134 | CR | |
| Bidens simplicifolia | 43143 | CR | |
| Amsinckia marginata | 43203 | CR | |
| Draba violacea | 43213 | CR | |
| Guzmania lepidota | 43257 | CR | |
| Guzmania poortmanii | 43260 | CR | |
| Guzmania striata | 43268 | CR | |
| Pitcairnia elliptica | 43289 | CR | |
| Miconia scabra | 46056 | CR | |
| Puya exigua | 43307 | CR | |
| Tillandsia dyeriana | 43335 | CR | |
| Dasphyllum lehmannii | 43378 | CR | |
| Holcosus orcesi | Peters' Ameiva | 49981813 | CR |
| Conolophus marthae | Galápagos Pink Land Iguana | 174472 | CR |
| Egletes humifusa | 43402 | CR | |
| Elaphandra retroflexa | 43405 | CR | |
| Erigeron adscendens | 43408 | CR | |
| Gnaphalium sodiroi | 43420 | CR | |
| Hieracium debile | 43444 | CR | |
| Burmeistera asplundii | 43475 | CR | |
| Burmeistera rubrosepala | 43491 | CR | |
| Centropogon albostellatus | 43495 | CR | |
| Centropogon brachysiphoniatus | 43500 | CR | |
| Centropogon cazaletii | 43501 | CR | |
| Centropogon pilalensis | 43520 | CR | |
| Centropogon solisii | 43527 | CR | |
| Centropogon uncinatus | 43533 | CR | |
| Siphocampylus loxensis | 43559 | CR | |
| Podandrogyne trichopus | 43568 | CR | |
| Siphocampylus uncipes | 43564 | CR | |
| Steriphoma urbani | 43569 | CR | |
| Arenaria radians | 43576 | CR | |
| Maytenus eggersii | 43584 | CR | |
| Maytenus manabiensis | 43586 | CR | |
| Ctenitis pallatangana | 43616 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum actinolepis | 43634 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum angamarcanum | 43635 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum bonapartii | 43637 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum chodatii | 43640 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum christii | 43641 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum cladotrichium | 43643 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum corazonense | 43644 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum gossypinum | 43649 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum gracilipes | 43650 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum jamesonii | 43657 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum longissimum | 43658 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum pellucidum | 43665 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum polytrichum | 43666 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum pteropodum | 43667 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum sodiroi | 43669 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum sprucei | 43671 | CR | |
| Elaphoglossum trichophorum | 43675 | CR | |
| Hymenophyllum contractile | 43690 | CR | |
| Hymenophyllum helicoideum | 43692 | CR | |
| Hymenophyllum tenerum | 43697 | CR | |
| Melpomene brevipes | 43720 | CR | |
| Polypodium abitaguae | 43723 | CR | |
| Thelypteris bonapartii | 43741 | CR | |
| Mikania andrei | 43762 | CR | |
| Mikania iserniana | 43767 | CR | |
| Mikania jamesonii | 43768 | CR | |
| Mikania seemannii | 43771 | CR | |
| Mikania stereolepis | 43772 | CR | |
| Mikania tafallana | 43773 | CR | |
| Monactis dubia | 43775 | CR | |
| Niphogeton sprucei | 43879 | CR | |
| Chelonoidis donfaustoi | Eastern Santa Cruz Giant Tortoise | 90377132 | CR |
| Bulimulus achatellinus | 43983 | CR | |
| Bulimulus adserseni | 43990 | CR | |
| Bulimulus chemitzioides | 43992 | CR | |
| Bulimulus curtus | 43998 | CR | |
| Bulimulus deridderi | 43999 | CR | |
| Bulimulus duncanus | 44000 | CR | |
| Bulimulus galapaganus | 44002 | CR | |
| Bulimulus habeli | 44003 | CR | |
| Bulimulus indefatigabilis | 44012 | CR | |
| Bulimulus sp. nov. 'josevillani' | 44014 | CR | |
| Bulimulus sp. nov. 'krameri' | 44015 | CR | |
| Bulimulus sp. nov. 'nilsodhneri' | 44016 | CR | |
| Bulimulus sp. nov. 'tuideroyi' | 44031 | CR | |
| Bulimulus sp. nov. 'vanmoli' | 44032 | CR | |
| Pouteria gigantea | 35846 | CR | |
| Magnolia canandeana | 67513499 | CR | |
| Magnolia crassifolia | 67513511 | CR | |
| Tropaeolum umbellatum | 46238 | CR | |
| Bulimulus adelphus | 3282 | CR | |
| Bulimulus eos | 3290 | CR | |
| Bulimulus eschariferus | 3291 | CR | |
| Bulimulus hirsutus | 3292 | CR | |
| Bulimulus jacobi | 3293 | CR | |
| Bulimulus lycodus | 3294 | CR | |
| Bulimulus ochsneri | 3297 | CR | |
| Bulimulus reibischi | 3298 | CR | |
| Bulimulus sculpturatus | 3301 | CR | |
| Bulimulus saeronius | 3300 | CR | |
| Bulimulus tanneri | 3307 | CR | |
| Bulimulus wolfi | 3310 | CR | |
| Stachytarpheta svensonii | 46269 | CR | |
| Xyris andina | 46287 | CR | |
| Atelopus orcesi | 18435530 | CR | |
| Atelopus podocarpus | 18435550 | CR | |
| Cyperus grandifolius | 65064478 | CR | |
| Rhaebo olallai | Tandayapa Andes Toad | 54463 | CR |
| Solanum dolichorhachis | 46332 | CR | |
| Azurina eupalama | Galapagos Damsel | 184017 | CR |
| Metalepis haughtii | 43091 | CR | |
| Perissolestes remus | 49254327 | CR | |
| Palaemnema croceicauda | 49254356 | CR | |
| Cebus aequatorialis | Ecuadorian White-fronted Capuchin | 4081 | CR |
| Duguetia peruviana | 36894 | CR | |
| Hypericum hartwegii | 45111 | CR | |
| Connarus ecuadorensis | 45118 | CR | |
| Costus geothyrsus | 45120 | CR | |
| Asplundia clementinae | 45128 | CR | |
| Asplundia lutea | 45134 | CR | |
| Carex lepida | 45148 | CR | |
| Carex tessellata | 45150 | CR | |
| Cyperus multifolius | 45152 | CR | |
| Acalypha ecuadorica | 45173 | CR | |
| Acalypha eggersii | 45174 | CR | |
| Amanoa anomala | 45179 | CR | |
| Euphorbia quitensis | 45182 | CR | |
| Ditaxis macrantha | 45195 | CR | |
| Flueggea elliptica | 45196 | CR | |
| Phyllanthus millei | 45201 | CR | |
| Bauhinia seminarioi | 45206 | CR | |
| Browneopsis macrofoliolata | 45209 | CR | |
| Clitoria andrei | 45216 | CR | |
| Eriocnemis nigrivestis | Black-breasted Puffleg | 22687909 | CR |
| Eriocnemis godini | Turquoise-throated Puffleg | 22687922 | CR |
| Phaseolus rimbachii | 45236 | CR | |
| Geranium antisanae | 45286 | CR | |
| Columnea asteroloma | 45303 | CR | |
| Columnea manabiana | 45311 | CR | |
| Columnea poortmannii | 45314 | CR | |
| Diastema incisum | 45324 | CR | |
| Anolis vanzolini | 50950423 | CR | |
| Gasteranthus atratus | 45334 | CR | |
| Gasteranthus extinctus | 45338 | CR | |
| Monopyle paniculata | 45352 | CR | |
| Hyptis argutifolia | 45400 | CR | |
| Odontocarya perforata | 45493 | CR | |
| Pseudolmedia manabiensis | 45503 | CR | |
| Parathesis eggersiana | 45509 | CR | |
| Eugenia albida | 45511 | CR | |
| Eugenia guayaquilensis | 45512 | CR | |
| Oxalis norlindiana | 45535 | CR | |
| Hyptis diversifolia | 45562 | CR | |
| Ocotea pachypoda | 45588 | CR | |
| Nasa ferox | 45601 | CR | |
| Magnolia dixonii | 45615 | CR | |
| Stigmaphyllon nudiflorum | 45623 | CR | |
| Calathea dodsonii | 45634 | CR | |
| Calathea petersenii | 45645 | CR | |
| Clidemia ecuadorensis | 45704 | CR | |
| Miconia benoistii | 45730 | CR | |
| Peperomia albovittata | 45766 | CR | |
| Peperomia cordilimba | 45772 | CR | |
| Peperomia dauleana | 45774 | CR | |
| Peperomia glandulosa | 45779 | CR | |
| Peperomia guayaquilensis | 45781 | CR | |
| Peperomia leucorrhachis | 45787 | CR | |
| Peperomia litana | 45788 | CR | |
| Peperomia micromerioides | 45789 | CR | |
| Peperomia peploides | 45795 | CR | |
| Peperomia pichinchae | 45799 | CR | |
| Peperomia pululaguana | 45801 | CR | |
| Peperomia tablahuasiana | 45808 | CR | |
| Piper angamarcanum | 45815 | CR | |
| Piper bullatifolium | 45822 | CR | |
| Piper clathratum | 45826 | CR | |
| Metaleptobasis gibbosa | 49254733 | CR | |
| Piper entradense | 45833 | CR | |
| Piper eustylum | 45835 | CR | |
| Piper gualeanum | 45837 | CR | |
| Piper guayasanum | 45838 | CR | |
| Piper hydrolapathum | 45840 | CR | |
| Piper manabinum | 45845 | CR | |
| Piper molliusculum | 45848 | CR | |
| Piper platylobum | 45853 | CR | |
| Piper poscitum | 45854 | CR | |
| Piper stipulosum | 45864 | CR | |
| Piper subnitidifolium | 45866 | CR | |
| Piper trachyphyllum | 45868 | CR | |
| Piper wibomii | 45871 | CR | |
| Nymphargus laurae | 135996 | CR | |
| Andropogon benthamianus | 45926 | CR | |
| Atelopus petersi | 136038 | CR | |
| Polygala quitensis | 45987 | CR | |
| Pteromonnina fosbergii | 45988 | CR | |
| Arachnothryx chimboracensis | 46003 | CR | |
| Gonzalagunia bifida | 46021 | CR | |
| Gonzalagunia dodsonii | 46022 | CR | |
| Gonzalagunia mollis | 46023 | CR | |
| Miconia leandroides | 46031 | CR | |
| Miconia littlei | 46033 | CR | |
| Miconia longisetosa | 46034 | CR | |
| Ladenbergia rubiginosa | 46060 | CR | |
| Atelopus onorei | 136173 | CR | |
| Manettia canescens | 46062 | CR | |
| Manettia holwayi | 46064 | CR | |
| Manettia nebulosa | 46066 | CR | |
| Pentagonia orthoneura | 46095 | CR | |
| Pentagonia peruviana | 46096 | CR | |
| Psychotria sodiroi | 46105 | CR | |
| Cupania riopalenquensis | 46121 | CR | |
| Talisia bullata | 46125 | CR | |
| Byttneria minytricha | 46207 | CR | |
| Clavija parvula | 46221 | CR | |
| Daphnopsis occulta | 46227 | CR | |
| Pilea selbyanorum | 46246 | CR | |
| Aegiphila glomerata | 46258 | CR | |
| Citharexylum quitense | 46265 | CR | |
| Citharexylum svensonii | 46266 | CR | |
| Phoradendron aequatoris | 46282 | CR | |
| Atelopus arthuri | Arthur's Stubfoot Toad | 54490 | CR |
| Atelopus balios | Rio Pescado Stubfoot Toad | 54491 | CR |
| Atelopus bomolochos | Azuay Stubfoot Toad | 54492 | CR |
| Atelopus boulengeri | Boulenger's Stubfoot Toad | 54493 | CR |
| Cestrum tipocochense | 46306 | CR | |
| Atelopus coynei | Rio Faisanes Stubfoot Toad | 54501 | CR |
| Atelopus guanujo | 54515 | CR | |
| Atelopus halihelos | Morona-Santiago Stubfoot Toad | 54517 | CR |
| Atelopus ignescens | Jambato Toad | 54518 | CR |
| Atelopus lynchi | 54524 | CR | |
| Atelopus mindoensis | Mindo Stubfoot Toad | 54526 | CR |
| Atelopus nanay | 54532 | CR | |
| Atelopus pachydermus | Schmidt's Stubfoot Toad | 54536 | CR |
| Atelopus palmatus | 54537 | CR | |
| Solanum lanuginosum | 46337 | CR | |
| Atelopus planispina | Flat-spined Atelopus | 54543 | CR |
| Solanum semicoalitum | 46343 | CR | |
| Emmochliophis miops | 50951457 | CR | |
| Rhinella amabilis | 54568 | CR | |
| Tournefortia obtusiflora | 43206 | CR | |
| Centrolene gemmatum | 54912 | CR | |
| Nymphargus anomalus | Napo Cochran Frog | 54946 | CR |
| Tovomita aequatoriensis | 45117 | CR | |
| Hyloxalus anthracinus | South American Rocket Frog | 55046 | CR |
| Astroblepus ubidiai | Andean Catfish | 46862 | CR |
| Hyloxalus delatorreae | 55071 | CR | |
| Colostethus jacobuspetersi | 55098 | CR | |
| Hyloxalus vertebralis | Boulenger's Rocket Frog | 55165 | CR |
| Andinobates abditus | Collins' Poison Frog | 55170 | CR |
| Scalesia atractyloides | 38793 | CR | |
| Scalesia divisa | 38796 | CR | |
| Scalesia gordilloi | 38797 | CR | |
| Viburnum divaricatum | 43570 | CR | |
| Rhizopsammia wellingtoni | Wellington's Solitary Coral | 63579 | CR |
| Tubastraea floreana | Floreana Coral | 63580 | CR |
| Desmarestia tropica | Tropical Acidweed | 63585 | CR |
| Dictyota galapagensis | 63587 | CR | |
| Bifurcaria galapagensis | Galapagos Stringweed | 63593 | CR |
| Myriogramme kylinii | 63612 | CR | |
| Phycodrina elegans | 63614 | CR | |
| Laurencia oppositocladia | 63622 | CR | |
| Drymaria monticola | 39128 | CR | |
| Linum cratericola | Floreana flax | 39141 | CR |
| Scalesia atractyloides var. atractyloides | 39152 | CR | |
| Scalesia atractyloides var. darwinii | 39153 | CR | |
| Lepidopilum grevilleanum | 39161 | CR | |
| Fissidens hydropogon | 39170 | CR | |
| Spruceanthus theobromae | 39226 | CR | |
| Myriocolea irrorata | 39228 | CR | |
| Stenocercus haenschi | Haensch's Whorltail Iguana | 178690 | CR |
| Chelonoidis phantasticus | Fernandina Giant Tortoise | 170517 | CR |
| Tantilla insulamontana | Mountain Centipede Snake | 203317 | CR |
| Tantilla petersi | Peters' Black-headed Snake | 203323 | CR |
| Cyclopogon werffii | 65370962 | CR | |
| Ateles fusciceps ssp. fusciceps | Brown-headed Spider Monkey | 39922 | CR |
| Geospiza pauper | Medium Tree-finch | 22723773 | CR |
| Geospiza heliobates | Mangrove Finch | 22723786 | CR |
| Pristimantis hamiotae | 56646 | CR | |
| Strabomantis helonotus | 56649 | CR | |
| Talamancalia putcalensis | 43851 | CR | |
| Viguiera media | 43863 | CR | |
| Wedelia oxylepis | 43865 | CR | |
| Stipa tulcanensis | 45976 | CR | |
| Puya compacta | 43305 | CR | |
| Telmatobius cirrhacelis | Loja Water Frog | 57331 | CR |
Other languages
english | french | spanish | portuguese |
Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: