List of Extinct species in Sri Lanka



This is a list of Extinct 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
Pseudophilautus maia 136000 EX
Pseudophilautus pardus 136163 EX
Nannophrys guentheri Gunther's Streamlined Frog 58390 EX
Pseudophilautus adspersus 58811 EX
Pseudophilautus dimbullae 58835 EX
Pseudophilautus eximius 58839 EX
Pseudophilautus extirpo 58840 EX
Pseudophilautus halyi 58852 EX
Pseudophilautus hypomelas 58855 EX
Pseudophilautus leucorhinus 58862 EX
Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithi 58869 EX
Pseudophilautus nanus 58877 EX
Pseudophilautus nasutus 58878 EX
Pseudophilautus oxyrhynchus 58883 EX
Pseudophilautus rugatus 58895 EX
Pseudophilautus stellatus 58919 EX
Pseudophilautus temporalis 58924 EX
Pseudophilautus variabilis 58931 EX
Pseudophilautus zal 58938 EX
Pseudophilautus zimmeri 58939 EX
Crudia zeylanica 32556 EX

 

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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)