40 Critically Endangered Species

Species Name: Antilophia bokermanni

Common Name: Araripe manakin

Habitat: Chapada do Araripe

Species Name: Leiopelma archeyi

Common Name: Archey’s frog

Habitat: New Zealand

Species Name: Batagur baska

Common Name: Common batagur

Habitat: India

Species Name: Lithobates sevosus

Common Name: Dusky gopher frog

Habitat: Southern United States

Species Name: Lophura edwardsi

Common Name: Edward's pheasant

Habitat: Vietnam

Species Name: Azurina eupalama

Common Name: Galapagos damsel fish

Habitat: Galapagos Islands

Species Name: Bahaba taipingensis

Common Name: Giant yellow croaker

Habitat: Western Pacific

Species Name: Ardeotis nigriceps

Common Name: Great Indian bustard

Habitat: India

Species Name: Beatragus hunteri

Common Name: Hirola

Habitat: Kenya and Somalia

Species Name: Discoglossus nigriventer

Common Name: Hula painted frog

Habitat: Israel

Species Name: Cyclura collei

Common Name: Jamaican iguana

Habitat: Jamaica

Species Name: Eleutherodactylus glandulifer

Common Name: La Hotte glanded frog

Habitat: Haiti

Species Name: Neurergus kaiseri

Common Name: Luristan newt

Habitat: Iran

Species Name: Eleutherodactylus thorectes

Common Name: Macaya breast-spot frog

Habitat: Haiti

Species Name: Aythya innotata

Common Name: Madagascar pochard

Habitat: Madagascar

Species Name: Geronticus eremita

Common Name: Northern bald ibis

Habitat: Morocco

Species Name: Brachyteles hypoxanthus

Common Name: Northern muriqui

Habitat: Brazil

Species Name: Pangasius sanitwongsei

Common Name: Pangasid catfish

Habitat: Thailand, Cambodia and Southeast Asia

Species Name: Astrochelys yniphora

Common Name: Ploughshare tortoise/angonoka

Habitat: Madagascar

Species Name: Bradypus pygmaeus

Common Names: Pygmy sloth

Habitat: Escudu de Veraguas

Species Name: Cercopithecus roloway

Common Name: Roloway Guenon

Habitat: Ghana

Species Name: Hucho perryi (Parahucho perryi)

Common Name: Sakhalin taimen

Habitat: Japan

Species Name: Coleura seychellensis

Common Name: Seychelles sheath-tailed bat

Habitat: Seychelles

Species Name: Eurynorhynchus pygmeus

Common Name: Spoon-billed sandpiper

Habitat: Russia and Southeast Asia

Species Name: Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

Common Name: Sumatran rhino

Habitat: China, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Bhutan and India 

Species Name: Calumma tarzan

Common Name: Tarzan's chameleon

Habitat: Tarzan Forest

Species Name: Phocoena sinus

Common Name: Vaquita

Habitat: Gulf of California

Species Name: Ardea insignis

Common Name: White bellied heron

Habitat: Bhutan, Burma, Bangladesh and India

Species Name: Valencia letourneuxi

Family: Cyprinodontidae

Habitat: Albania and Greece

Species Name: Poecilotheria metallica

Common Name: Peacock parachute spider

Habitat: Southeastern India and Sri Lanka

Species Name: Somphongs's rasbora

Common Name: Cyprinidae

Habitat: Asia

Species Name: Tahina spectabilis

Common Name: Suicide palm

Habitat: Madagascar

Species Name: Propithecus candidus

Common Name: Silky Sifaka

Habitat: Madagascar

Species Name: Psammobates geometricus

Common Name: Geometric tortoise

Habitat: South Africa

Species Name: Sterna bernsteini

Common Name: Chinese crested tern

Habitat: Matsu Islands

Species Name: Pristis pristis

Common Name: Common sawfish

Habitat: Atlantic, Mediterranean and Pacific ocean

Species Name: Squatina squatina

Common Name: Angel shark

Habitat: Western and Pacific oceans

For the full list of threatened species, go to Our Amazing Planet.