List of Critically Endangered species in Sri Lanka



This is a list of Critically Endangered species in Sri Lanka 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
Calophyllum cuneifolium 30797 CR
Cotylelobium lewisianum 30802 CR
Cotylelobium scabriusculum 30803 CR
Dipterocarpus glandulosus 30804 CR
Dipterocarpus hispidus 30805 CR
Dipterocarpus insignis 30806 CR
Hopea jucunda subsp. jucunda 30810 CR
Hopea jucunda subsp. modesta 30811 CR
Shorea congestiflora 30818 CR
Shorea cordifolia 30819 CR
Shorea gardneri 30821 CR
Shorea lissophylla 30813 CR
Shorea megistophylla 30822 CR
Shorea ovalifolia 30823 CR
Shorea stipularis 30816 CR
Shorea trapezifolia 30824 CR
Shorea zeylanica 30826 CR
Stemonoporus affinis 30828 CR
Stemonoporus elegans 30830 CR
Polyspora ceylanica 62079092 CR
Stemonoporus lanceolatus 30832 CR
Stemonoporus lancifolius 30833 CR
Stemonoporus nitidus 30834 CR
Stemonoporus petiolaris 30835 CR
Diospyros rheophytica 30851 CR
Diospyros moonii 30861 CR
Hopea brevipetiolaris 30887 CR
Stemonoporus canaliculatus 30889 CR
Ceylonthelphusa callista 61692 CR
Ceylonthelphusa durrelli 61695 CR
Ceylonthelphusa kotagama 61697 CR
Ceylonthelphusa nata 61698 CR
Ceylonthelphusa orthos 61699 CR
Ceylonthelphusa savitriae 61701 CR
Ceylonthelphusa sanguinea 61703 CR
Clinothelphusa kakoota 61706 CR
Mahatha helaya 61708 CR
Mahatha iora 61709 CR
Mahatha lacuna 61710 CR
Oziothelphusa intuta 61717 CR
Mahatha regina 61712 CR
Perbrinckia enodis 61722 CR
Perbrinckia cracens 61723 CR
Perbrinckia fido 61725 CR
Perbrinckia gabadagei 61726 CR
Perbrinckia glabra 61727 CR
Ceylonthelphusa nana 61730 CR
Perbrinckia morayensis 61729 CR
Perbrinckia punctata 61731 CR
Perbrinckia quadratus 61732 CR
Perbrinckia rosae 61733 CR
Perbrinckia scitula 61735 CR
Oziothelphusa kodagoda 61739 CR
Anisogomphus solitaris 59696 CR
Atrophaneura jophon Sri Lankan/Ceylon Rose 2376 CR
Ceylonosticta adami 59721 CR
Ceylonosticta austeni 59722 CR
Ceylonosticta hilaris Merry Shadowdamsel 59723 CR
Ceylonosticta montana 59724 CR
Ceylonosticta submontana 59725 CR
Elattoneura leucostigma Smoky-winged Threadtail 59726 CR
Heliogomphus ceylonicus Sri Lanka Grappletail 59729 CR
Heliogomphus lyratus 59730 CR
Heliogomphus nietneri 59731 CR
Macromia flinti 59738 CR
Sinhalestes orientalis Emerald Sri Lanka Spreadwing 59773 CR
Pethia bandula 18905 CR
Microhyla karunaratnei 57883 CR
Stemonoporus moonii 33439 CR
Stemonurus apicalis 33515 CR
Semecarpus ochracea 33504 CR
Dillenia triquetra 33510 CR
Cleistanthus robustus 33512 CR
Ostodes minor 33513 CR
Podadenia thwaitesii 33514 CR
Caretta caretta North East Indian Ocean subpopulation Loggerhead Turtle 84126444 CR
Memecylon rhinophyllum 33519 CR
Dysoxylum peerisi 33522 CR
Horsfieldia iryaghedhi 33525 CR
Walsura gardneri 33523 CR
Eugenia insignis 33527 CR
Syzygium sylvestre 33528 CR
Syzygium phyllyraeoides 33529 CR
Ochna rufescens 33530 CR
Linociera albidiflora 33532 CR
Timonius jambosella 33533 CR
Uncaria thwaitesii 33534 CR
Palaquium laevifolium 33538 CR
Symplocos versicolor 33543 CR
Debregeasia ceylanica 33545 CR
Labeo lankae 11072 CR
Polyspora dassanayakei 62079828 CR
Polyspora elliptica 62079848 CR
Polyspora gardneri 62079877 CR
Nannophrys marmorata 58391 CR
Aporosa fusiformis 38005 CR
Eugenia rheophytica 38010 CR
Schumacheria alnifolia 38034 CR
Syzygium cyclophyllum 38037 CR
Semecarpus pseudo-emarginata 38041 CR
Cinnamomum rivulorum 38045 CR
Adenomus dasi 54457 CR
Adenomus kandianus 54458 CR
Aneuretus simoni Sri Lankan Relict Ant 1290 CR
Mesua stylosa 30801 CR
Lancaris kumariae 198004 CR
Shorea oblongifolia 30814 CR
Shorea pallescens 30815 CR
Pseudophilautus decoris 58834 CR
Pseudophilautus limbus 58863 CR
Pseudophilautus lunatus 58866 CR
Pseudophilautus macropus 58868 CR
Pseudophilautus nemus 58879 CR
Pseudophilautus ocularis 58881 CR
Pseudophilautus papillosus 58885 CR
Pseudophilautus procax 58890 CR
Pseudophilautus simba 58905 CR
Vatica affinis 30840 CR
Taruga fastigo 58947 CR
Stemonoporus gilimalensis 36435 CR
Stemonoporus latisepalus 36436 CR
Stemonoporus marginalis 36437 CR
Stemonoporus gracilis 36438 CR
Loxococcus rupicola 38603 CR
Cophotis dumbara Dumbara Agama 169677 CR
Anodendron rhinosporum 32531 CR
Agrostistachys hookeri 32548 CR
Chaetocarpus pubescens 32549 CR
Sauropus assimilis 32550 CR
Dicellostyles axillaris 32557 CR
Memecylon orbiculare 32561 CR
Lasianthus rhinophyllus 32567 CR
Diplospora erythrospora 32574 CR
Strychnos tetragona 32594 CR
Memecylon arnottianum 32596 CR
Memecylon elegantulum 32597 CR
Memecylon gardneri 32598 CR
Hortonia angustifolia 32601 CR
Rapanea ceylanica 32603 CR
Allophylus hispidus 32608 CR
Bhesa nitidissima 32613 CR

 

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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)