List of Endangered species in Puerto Rico



This is a list of Endangered species in Puerto Rico 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
Antrostomus noctitherus Puerto Rican Nightjar 22689809 EN
Peperomia wheeleri Wheeleri's Peperomia 127665681 EN
Eleutherodactylus portoricensis Upland Coqui 56875 EN
Antillotyphlops monensis Mona Blind Snake 22606 EN
Agelaius xanthomus Yellow-shouldered Blackbird 22724209 EN
Zamia portoricensis 42117 EN
Chilabothrus monensis Mona Island Boa 7823 EN
Chilabothrus granti Virgin Islands Boa 7829 EN
Brunfelsia portoricensis Puerto Rico Raintree 30905 EN
Eugenia haematocarpa 30924 EN
Goetzea elegans Mata Buey 30928 EN
Setophaga angelae Elfin Woods Warbler 22721749 EN
Maytenus cymosa Caribbean Mayten 30939 EN
Coccoloba rugosa 34012 EN
Eleutherodactylus wightmanae Melodius Coqui 57056 EN
Schoepfia arenaria 30961 EN
Erythrina eggersii Cock's-spur 34037 EN
Ilex sintenisii Sintenis' Holly 34046 EN
Calyptranthes portoricensis 34059 EN
Antillotyphlops granti Grant's Worm Snake 75607314 EN
Spondylurus nitidus Puerto Rican Skink 47103272 EN
Eleutherodactylus gryllus Cricket Coqui 56634 EN
Eleutherodactylus hedricki Hedrick's Coqui 56648 EN
Varronia rupicola 43896 EN
Bastardiopsis eggersii Jost Van Dyke's Indian Mallow 16757148 EN
Cyclura stejnegeri Mona Rhinoceros Iguana 29605 EN
Magnolia portoricensis 193993 EN
Magnolia splendens 194008 EN
Zanthoxylum thomasianum St Thomas Prickly-ash 44007 EN
Leptocereus quadricostatus Sebucan 44008 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)