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The Red List of Threatened species helps focus international attention on Species whose several is at risk

Ants (01)
Marine bivalves (clams) (02)
Butterflies and moths (04)
Freshwater fishes (23)
Reptiles (05)
Mammals (25)
Birds (28)


CR : Critically endangered
EN : Endangered
VU : Vulnerable
LR : Lower risk; a species is at lower risk when it has been evaluated and does not satisfy any of the categories above but whose populations is conservation dependent or near threatened
DD : Data deficient; the population and distribution of the species is not well understood, but it is thought that the species could qualify for a higher conservation status once it is assessed
NE : Not evaluated; against the criteria, but formerly listed.

 

Ants

Sri Lanka relict ant Aneuretus simoni CR

Marine bivalves (clams)

Small giant clam Tridacna maxima LR
Scaly clam / fluted clam Tridacna squamosa LR

Butterflies and moths

Ceylon tree nymph Idea iasonia LR
Ceylon tiger Parantica taprobana LR
Sri Lanka rose Atrophaneura jophon CR
Sri Lanka five-bar swordtail Graphium antiphates ceylonicus NE

Freshwater fishes

Danio aequipinnatus DD
Dinio pathirana CR
Garra phillipsi DD
Labeo fisheir EN
Labeo lankae CR
Puntius asoka EN
Puntius bandula CR
Puntius cumingii LR
Puntius martenstyni EN
Puntius nigrofasciatus LR
Puntius pleurotaenia LR
Puntius titteya LR
Rasbora vaterifloris LR
Rasbora wilpita EN
Lepidocephalichthys EN
Acanthocobitis urophthalmus LR
Heteropneustes microps VU
Macrognathus aral DD
Schismatogobius deraniyagalai DD
Sicyopterus halei DD
Sicyopus jonklaasi DD
Belontia signata LR
Malpulutta kretseri LR

Reptiles

Mugger crocodile Crocodylus palustris VU
Spineless forest lizard Calotes liocephalus EN
Tennent’s leaf-nosed lizard Ceratophora tennentii EN
Python Python molurus LR
Indian black freshwater turtle Melanochelys trijuga DD

All marine turtles EN/CR

Mammals

Sri Lanka long –tailed shrew Crocidura miya
EN Kelaart’s long – clawed shrew Feroculus feroculus EN
Pearson’s long – clawed shrew Solisorex Pearsoni EN
Pearson’s long- clawed shrew Solisorex fellowsgordoni EN
Suncus montanus VU
Suncus zeylanicus EN
Miniopterus schreibersi LR
Slender ioris Loris tardigradus VU
Toque macaque Macaca sinica LR
Semnopithecus entellus LR
Trachypithecus vetulus VU
Panthera pardus melas EN
Rusty-spotted cat Prionailurus rubiginosus DD
Fishing cat Prionailurus viverrinus LR
Sloth bear Melursus ursinus VU
Indopacific hump-baked dolphin Sousa chinensis DD
Dugong Dugong dugon VU
Asian elephant Elephas maximus EN
Hog deer Axis porcinus LR
Indian pangolin Manis crassicauda LR
Ratufa macroura VU
Mus mayori LR
Rattus montanus CE
Srilankamys ohiensis LR
Vandeluria noithenii VU

Birds

Spot-billed pelican Pelecanus philippensis VU
Oriental darter Anhinga melanogaster LR
Asian openbill Anastomus oscitans LR
Lesser adjutant Leptoptilos javanicus VU
Painted stork Mycteria leucocephala LR
Blacked-Headed idis Treskiornis melannocephalus LR
Pallid harrier Cirus macrourus LR
Sociable lapwing Vanellus gregraius VU
Spoon-billed sandpiper Eurynorhynchus pygmeus LR
Sri Lanka wood-pigeon Columba torringtoni VU
Green-billed coucal Centropus chlororhynchus EN
Red-faced Malkoha Pheanicophaeus pyrrhocephalus EN
Spot-billed eagle owl Bubo nipalensis LR
Chestnut-backed owlet Glaucidium castanonotum LR
Sri Lanka frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger LR
Malabar pied-hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus LR
Yellow-eared bulbul Pycnonotus penicillatus LR
Sri Lanka bush warbler Bradyperus palliseri LR
Dull-blue flycatcher Eumyies sordida LR
Kasmir flycatcher Ficedula subrubra VU
Ashy-headed laughingthrush Garrulax cinereifrons VU
Brown- breasted flycatcher Muscicapa miuttui LR
Sri Lanka whistling thrush Myiophonus blighi EN
Spot-winged thrush Zoothera spilopetera LR
Pied thrush Zoothera wardii LR
White-throated Flowerpecker Dicaeum vincens LR
White-faced starling Stumus senex LR
Sri Lanka magpie Urocissa ornata VU

 

 
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