List of Endangered species in Tanzania
This is a list of Endangered species in Tanzania 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 |
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Ehretia glandulosissima | 34834 | EN | |
Leptactina delagoensis subsp. bussei | 34844 | EN | |
Leptactina papyrophloea | 34845 | EN | |
Plectranthus platyphyllus | 179519 | EN | |
Mimusops penduliflora | 34856 | EN | |
Monotes lutambensis | 34857 | EN | |
Necepsia castaneifolia subsp. kimbozensis | 34859 | EN | |
Searsia brenanii | 34869 | EN | |
Sheppardia montana | Usambara Akalat | 22709659 | EN |
Cephalophus spadix | Abbott's Duiker | 4151 | EN |
Tapiphyllum schliebenii | 34875 | EN | |
Turraea kimbozensis | 34878 | EN | |
Annickia kummerae | 32850 | EN | |
Greenwayodendron suaveolens subsp. usambaricum | 32851 | EN | |
Isolona heinsenii | 32852 | EN | |
Polystachya serpentina | 179529 | EN | |
Polyceratocarpus scheffleri | 32859 | EN | |
Uvariodendron pycnophyllum | 32861 | EN | |
Haplochromis igneopinnis | 60670 | EN | |
Uvariodendron usambarense | 32862 | EN | |
Cercocebus sanjei | Sanje Crested Mangabey | 4203 | EN |
Rhampholeon viridis | Pare Pygmy Chameleon | 42760305 | EN |
Letheobia uluguruensis | Uluguru Gracile Blind-snake | 22476921 | EN |
Vismia pauciflora | 32897 | EN | |
Baikiaea ghesquiereana | 32900 | EN | |
Bussea eggelingii | 32902 | EN | |
Justicia petterssonii | 48153925 | EN | |
Tessmannia densiflora | 32920 | EN | |
Rhipidoglossum tanneri | 179546 | EN | |
Sheppardia aurantiithorax | Rubeho Akalat | 22735022 | EN |
Trioceros laterispinis | Spiny-flanked Chameleon | 176317 | EN |
Pseuderanthemum usambarense | 48153937 | EN | |
Rhampholeon spinosus | Rosette-nosed Chameleon | 176323 | EN |
Pyrrosia liebuschii | 47435989 | EN | |
Afrotyphlops gierrai | Gierra's Blind Snake | 178405 | EN |
Vittaria schliebenii | 47436014 | EN | |
Typhlacontias kataviensis | 44979569 | EN | |
Scolecomorphus uluguruensis | Nyingwa Caecilian | 59652 | EN |
Impatiens cribbii | 47347975 | EN | |
Renauldia lycopodioides | 39185 | EN | |
Huberantha verdcourtii | 157980 | EN | |
Emilia cryptantha | 97239339 | EN | |
Asparagus usambarensis | 157996 | EN | |
Phymeurus kisuluensis | Kigoma Agile Grasshopper | 116115039 | EN |
Toussaintia patriciae | 158010 | EN | |
Streptocarpus bambuseti | 158011 | EN | |
Cladolejeunea aberrans | 39233 | EN | |
Lingelsheimia sylvestris | 158018 | EN | |
Coffea bridsoniae | 158044 | EN | |
Rytigynia longipedicellata | 35174 | EN | |
Afrocanthium rondoense | 35175 | EN | |
Fernandoa lutea | 35178 | EN | |
Monanthotaxis dictyoneura | 158061 | EN | |
Cryptotaenia polygama | 158068 | EN | |
Streptocarpus heckmannianus | 158070 | EN | |
Emilia longifolia | 97239415 | EN | |
Zygophlebia major | 179764 | EN | |
Aloe brandhamii | 158082 | EN | |
Uvaria dependens | 158091 | EN | |
Sanrafaelia ruffonammari | 158094 | EN | |
Diospyros magogoana | 33173 | EN | |
Callulina kisiwamsitu | Mazumbai Warty Frog | 61847 | EN |
Saintpaulia goetzeana | 158102 | EN | |
Cryptotaenia calycina | 158108 | EN | |
Tridactyle brevifolia | 179599 | EN | |
Huberantha tanganyikensis | 158139 | EN | |
Stenocypha hasta | Mahale Jewel | 59847 | EN |
Streptocarpus albus | 158151 | EN | |
Xylopia mwasumbii | 158162 | EN | |
Hoplophryne rogersi | Usambara Blue-bellied Frog | 57822 | EN |
Hoplophryne uluguruensis | Uluguru Blue-bellied Frog | 57823 | EN |
Tetradactylus udzungwensis | Udzungwa Long-tailed Seps | 44929503 | EN |
Kinyongia vosseleri | Vosseler's Blade-horned Chameleon | 172525 | EN |
Rhampholeon temporalis | Usambara Stumptail Chameleon | 172529 | EN |
Kinyongia magomberae | Magombera Chameleon | 172538 | EN |
Rhainopomma wapugu | Pugu Striped Grasshopper | 19674059 | EN |
Kinyongia matschiei | Giant East Usambara Blade-horned Chameleon | 172545 | EN |
Warburgia elongata | 32259 | EN | |
Kinyongia tenuis | Matschie's Dwarf Chameleon | 172552 | EN |
Streptocarpus bullatus | 158216 | EN | |
Streptocarpus gonjaensis | 158228 | EN | |
Kinyongia multituberculata | West Usambara Blade-horned Chameleon | 172574 | EN |
Streptocarpus subscandens | 158238 | EN | |
Asteranthe lutea | 158244 | EN | |
Streptocarpus stomandrus | 158255 | EN | |
Crocidura mdumai | Mduma’s Shrew | 112503346 | EN |
Millettia micans | 32269 | EN | |
Ploceus nicolli | Tanzanian Mountain Weaver | 22719031 | EN |
Uvariodendron oligocarpum | 35387 | EN | |
Uvariopsis bisexualis | 35389 | EN | |
Drypetes usambarica var. stylosa | 35398 | EN | |
Crotalaria varicosa | 111319626 | EN | |
Polyscias albersiana | 158286 | EN | |
Coffea mongensis | 35426 | EN | |
Artabotrys rupestris | 158307 | EN | |
Cuviera schliebenii | 35429 | EN | |
Euschmidtia tangana | Tanga Monkey Grasshopper | 19673701 | EN |
Platycypha auripes | Tanzania Jewel | 60004 | EN |
Probreviceps macrodactylus | Usambara Big-fingered Frog | 57980 | EN |
Probreviceps rungwensis | 57982 | EN | |
Probreviceps uluguruensis | 57983 | EN | |
Monanthotaxis discrepantinervia | 158342 | EN | |
Saintpaulia shumensis | 158376 | EN | |
Saintpaulia inconspicua | 158378 | EN | |
Vepris morogorensis var. subalata | 35498 | EN | |
Streptocarpus heckmannianus subsp. gracilis | 158386 | EN | |
Streptocarpus albus subsp. edwardsii | 158390 | EN | |
Saintpaulia ionantha subsp. velutina | 158392 | EN | |
Probreviceps loveridgei | 136142 | EN | |
Saintpaulia ionantha subsp. nitida | 158404 | EN | |
Saintpaulia ionantha subsp. orbicularis | 158408 | EN | |
Arthroleptides martiensseni | Usambara Torrent Frog | 58064 | EN |
Arthroleptides yakusini | 58065 | EN | |
Kerivoula africana | Tanzanian Woolly Bat | 10966 | EN |
Streptocarpus heckmannianus subsp. heckmannianus | 158441 | EN | |
Euschmidtia fitzgeraldi | Ufipa Monkey Grasshopper | 19673834 | EN |
Streptocarpus albus subsp. albus | 158451 | EN | |
Euphorbia angustiflora | 47348471 | EN | |
Phrynobatrachus krefftii | 58122 | EN | |
Phrynobatrachus pakenhami | Pakenham's River Frog | 58130 | EN |
Euphorbia discrepans | 47348501 | EN | |
Hygrophila richardsiae | 48154062 | EN | |
Probreviceps durirostris | 135988 | EN | |
Chromomastax jagoi | Jagos Monkey Grasshopper | 19673919 | EN |
Euphorbia greenwayi | 47348544 | EN | |
Euphorbia greenwayi var. breviaculeata | 47348549 | EN | |
Justicia obtusicapsula | 48154068 | EN | |
Hyperolius kihangensis | 56148 | EN | |
Mecostibus burtti | Kingolwera Shortheaded Grasshopper | 19673945 | EN |
Mecostiboides physalus | East Usambara Earless Grasshopper | 19673959 | EN |
Euphorbia tetracanthoides | 47348596 | EN | |
Plectranthus strangulatus | 179688 | EN | |
Hyperolius puncticulatus | 56187 | EN | |
Arthroleptis xenodactylus | Amani Screeching Frog | 73343869 | EN |
Euphorbia bisglobosa | 47348605 | EN | |
Hyperolius ukwiva | 69192581 | EN | |
Euphorbia pseudonudicaule | 47348616 | EN | |
Oreochromis alcalicus | Lake Magadi Tilapia | 60339 | EN |
Encephalartos delucanus | 41914 | EN | |
Monanthotaxis discolor | 47348676 | EN | |
Kassina jozani | 136136 | EN | |
Afrixalus dorsimaculatus | 136149 | EN | |
Leptopelis parkeri | 56277 | EN | |
Leptopelis vermiculatus | Amani Forest Treefrog | 56284 | EN |
Potadomoides pelseneeri | 173020 | EN | |
Warneckea schliebenii | 179709 | EN | |
Phlyctimantis keithae | Keith's Striped Frog | 56294 | EN |
Achyropsis filifolia | 47348726 | EN | |
Vernonia tinctosetosa | 97240058 | EN | |
Lanistes alexandri | 11279 | EN | |
Physophorina miranda | Bladder grasshopper | 100946964 | EN |
Lijndenia procteri | 179251 | EN | |
Habenaria isoantha | 179253 | EN | |
Piliocolobus kirkii | Kirk's Red Colobus | 39992 | EN |
Mystacidium pulchellum | 179258 | EN | |
Memecylon semseii | 179260 | EN | |
Hyliota usambara | Usambara Hyliota | 22715457 | EN |
Stolzia oligantha | 179266 | EN | |
Gravesia riparia | 179269 | EN | |
Stolzia viridis | 179272 | EN | |
Piliocolobus gordonorum | Udzungwa Red Colobus | 40015 | EN |
Stolzia leedalii | 179283 | EN | |
Ancistrorhynchus refractus | 179288 | EN | |
Cola discoglypremnophylla | Round-Leaved Cola | 111391854 | EN |
Arthroleptis tanneri | Tanzania Screeching Frog | 54388 | EN |
Plectranthus orbicularis | 179322 | EN | |
Polystachya caudata | 179321 | EN | |
Proagoderus uluguru | 138359 | EN | |
Tridactyle minuta | 179329 | EN | |
Dissotis arborescens | 179339 | EN | |
Acridocarpus scheffleri | 179340 | EN | |
Hickelia africana | 179344 | EN | |
Polystachya isochiloides | 179365 | EN | |
Rotheca myricoides subsp. ussukumae | 111326371 | EN | |
Habenaria leucoceras | 179402 | EN | |
Englerina macilenta | 179406 | EN | |
Oreochromis amphimelas | 60629 | EN | |
Microlepia fadenii | 179416 | EN | |
Orthochromis kasuluensis | 60636 | EN | |
Nesaea linearis | 179424 | EN | |
Orthochromis rubrolabialis | 60640 | EN | |
Justicia roseobracteata | 48153837 | EN | |
Habenaria richardsiae | 179446 | EN | |
Blepharis tanzaniensis | 48153847 | EN | |
Dicliptera grandiflora | 48153854 | EN | |
Arthroleptis fichika | Hidden Squeaker Frog | 175359 | EN |
Brachystephanus laxispicatus | 48153857 | EN | |
Angraecopsis tenerrima | 179458 | EN | |
Adenia kigogoensis | 179459 | EN | |
Acanthus austromontanus | 48153861 | EN | |
Anisotes umbrosus | 48153864 | EN | |
Memecylon magnifoliatum | 179464 | EN | |
Isoglossa bondwaensis | 48153866 | EN | |
Mellera congdonii | 48153871 | EN | |
Justicia beloperonoides | 48153872 | EN | |
Barleria faulknerae | 48153873 | EN | |
Barleria penelopeana | 48153875 | EN | |
Blepharis pusilla | 48153885 | EN | |
Acanthoxia aculeus | Uluguru Slender Grasshopper | 19672351 | EN |
Hygrophila albobracteata | 48153887 | EN | |
Blepharis ilicifolia | 48153889 | EN | |
Nesaea maxima | 179488 | EN | |
Barleria aristata | 48153893 | EN | |
Asystasia tanzaniensis | 48153895 | EN | |
Isoglossa anisophylla | 48153898 | EN | |
Nesaea aurita | 179501 | EN | |
Diplazium pseudoporrectum | 179509 | EN | |
Justicia euosmia | 48153911 | EN | |
Crabbea longipes | 48153919 | EN | |
Disperis kerstenii | 179523 | EN | |
Cheilanthes deboeri | 179526 | EN | |
Anisotes tangensis | 48153928 | EN | |
Acteana alazonica | Tanzanian Coast Grasshopper | 19672398 | EN |
Elapsoidea nigra | Black Garter Snake | 177485 | EN |
Duosperma porotoense | 48153948 | EN | |
Afrophlaeoba euthynota | Uluguru Forest Edge Grasshopper | 19672414 | EN |
Clariallabes mutsindoziensis | 60770 | EN | |
Isoglossa variegata | 48153955 | EN | |
Afrophlaeoba longicornis | Rubeho Forest Edge Grasshopper | 19672423 | EN |
Syzygium parvulum | 179562 | EN | |
Afrophlaeoba nguru | Nguru Forest Edge Grasshopper | 19672427 | EN |
Crossandra cephalostachya | 48153964 | EN | |
Agelanthus validus | 179567 | EN | |
Nothobranchius sagittae | 88026479 | EN | |
Justicia mariae | 48153971 | EN | |
Dyschoriste kitongaensis | 48153977 | EN | |
Duosperma latifolium | 48153980 | EN | |
Xenoperdix udzungwensis | Udzungwa Forest-partridge | 22678901 | EN |
Acridocarpus pauciglandulosus | 179582 | EN | |
Agelanthus uhehensis | 179593 | EN | |
Isoglossa faulknerae | 48153997 | EN | |
Aresceutica morogorica | Uluguru Dusky Grasshopper | 19672464 | EN |
Cyathea schliebenii | 179600 | EN | |
Polystachya uluguruensis | 179602 | EN | |
Stolzia christopheri | 179598 | EN | |
Gravesia hylophila | 179611 | EN | |
Bulbophyllum concatenatum | 179615 | EN | |
Mimulopsis macrantha | 48154015 | EN | |
Isoglossa oreacanthoides | 48154018 | EN | |
Duosperma trachyphyllum | 48154020 | EN | |
Anisotes spectabilis | 48154021 | EN | |
Stolzia atrorubra | 179623 | EN | |
Schefflera lukwangulensis | 34220 | EN | |
Phaulopsis pulchella | 48154030 | EN | |
Polystachya pudorina | 179631 | EN | |
Barleria amanensis | 48154034 | EN | |
Brillantaisia stenopteris | 48154033 | EN | |
Agelanthus atrocoronatus | 179641 | EN | |
Cyathea fadenii | 179649 | EN | |
Barleria limnogeton | 48154054 | EN | |
Cola stelechantha | 111398344 | EN | |
Eragrostis pseudopoa | 179652 | EN | |
Isoglossa ventricosa | 48154058 | EN | |
Brillantaisia richardsiae | 48154065 | EN | |
Haplochromis sp. nov. 'Blue Rockpicker' | 185822 | EN | |
Asystasia schliebenii | 48154086 | EN | |
Cinnyris loveridgei | Loveridge's Sunbird | 22717931 | EN |
Duosperma longicalyx subsp. mkomaziense | 48154096 | EN | |
Crocidura desperata | Desperate Shrew | 5624 | EN |
Garcinia bifasciculata | 32261 | EN | |
Baphia pauloi | 32264 | EN | |
Baphia puguensis | 32265 | EN | |
Englerina longiflora | 179724 | EN | |
Cynometra ulugurensis | 32276 | EN | |
Polystachya xerophila | 179738 | EN | |
Malaconotus alius | Uluguru Bush Shrike | 22707747 | EN |
Polystachya subdiphylla | 179752 | EN | |
Tinnea mirabilis | 179753 | EN | |
Callipteris ulugurica | 179765 | EN | |
Nectophrynoides cryptus | 54838 | EN | |
Nectophrynoides minutus | Minute Tree Toad | 54841 | EN |
Eupropacris pompalis | Usambara Noble Grasshopper | 19672638 | EN |
Nectophrynoides vestergaardi | Vestergaard's Forest Toad | 54845 | EN |
Adenia schliebenii | 179785 | EN | |
Tristemma schliebenii | 179779 | EN | |
Aeollanthus stuhlmannii | 111316560 | EN | |
Hydrostachys angustisecta | 179797 | EN | |
Afrophisis pseudoflagellata | Pseudoflagellate Spider Bushcricket | 63762011 | EN |
Dissotis aprica | 179805 | EN | |
Adenia racemosa | 179807 | EN | |
Hadrolecocatantops uvinza | Uvinza Grasshopper | 19672673 | EN |
Mertensophryne howelli | 54888 | EN | |
Polystachya shega | 179823 | EN | |
Acridocarpus congestus | 179842 | EN | |
Coffea costatifructa | 36484 | EN | |
Coffea pocsii | 36483 | EN | |
Polystachya praecipitis | 179844 | EN | |
Polystachya mazumbaiensis | 179852 | EN | |
Stolzia angustifolia | 179853 | EN | |
Crotalaria hemsleyi | 179856 | EN | |
Pteris mkomaziensis | 179857 | EN | |
Oncella schliebeniana | 179860 | EN | |
Dorstenia dionga | 179871 | EN | |
Melanoseps emmrichi | Uluguru Limbless Skink | 16393900 | EN |
Polystachya longiscapa | 179891 | EN | |
Disperis aphylla subsp. bifolia | 179920 | EN | |
Stolzia moniliformis | 179452 | EN | |
Memecylon sp. nov. 1 | 47435484 | EN | |
Acridocarpus alopecurus var. machaeropterus | 179957 | EN | |
Coffea semsei | 18290424 | EN | |
Gravesia pulchra var. glandulosa | 179984 | EN | |
Polystachya caespitifica subsp. caespitifica | 179990 | EN | |
Myosorex geata | Geata Mouse Shrew | 14107 | EN |
Dorstenia holstii var. holstii | 179996 | EN | |
Pteris albersii subsp. albersii | 180004 | EN | |
Gravesia pulchra var. pulchra | 180044 | EN | |
Piliocolobus tephrosceles | Ashy Red Colobus | 18256 | EN |
Parepistaurus lindneri | Kilimanjaro Wigwag Grasshopper | 19672946 | EN |
Parepistaurus pugui | Pugu Wigwag Grasshopper | 19672953 | EN |
Mtonia glandulifera | 47347623 | EN | |
Uvaria pandensis | 158332 | EN | |
Indigofera bangweolensis var. lacus-victoriae | 111321054 | EN | |
Parodontomelus verticulus | Pugu Forest Grasshopper | 19673071 | EN |
Myosorex kihaulei | Kihaule's Mouse Shrew | 45047 | EN |
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Species are classified by the IUCN Red List into nine groups: