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Conservation Attention: Very Low

Townsend’s dwarf salamander is the solitary representative of its genus, and its lineage may have diverged from all other amphibian species over 34 million years ago at a time when monkeys and humans shared a common ancestor.

Conservation Attention: Low

Tsingymantis antitra is the sole species in Tsingymantis, meaning this is a monotypic genus.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Turbinaria bifrons is a reef building coral whose colonies are formed of numerous, folded plates.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Turbinaria heronensis is a rare but relatively widespread species with a conspicuous appearance. Colonies possess irregularly shaped plates that can be described as foliose due to their leafy appearance.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Turbinaria mesenterina is an enchanting and intricate scleractinian coral species whose colonies vary from brown to bright green in colour. The colonies form swirling layers of plates which interlock and fuse giving the appearance of a stone rose.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Turbinaria patula is an evolutionarily distinct colonial species composed of plate like colony branches and tubular corallites which extend characteristically towards colony edges.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Turbinaria peltata is an attractive and often colourful coral species that is heavily harvested for the aquarium trade.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Turbinaria reniformis is a key reef building coral, providing habitat for other reef inhabitants.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Turbinaria stellulata is a widespread yet uncommon reef building species.  It is found at restricted depths and is therefore susceptible to coral bleaching, a process in which coral polyps eject algal symbionts due to stress.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

The two-lined caecilian lives in just 777km²!

Conservation Attention: Very Low

The Uluguru bush-shrike is a brightly-coloured green and yellow bush-shrike, which is only found in a small area of forest in the Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania.

Conservation Attention: Good

The entire population of the Union Island gecko occupies an area around 0.5 km² — that’s the area of just seven football pitches! This incredibly tiny distribution means the Union Island gecko is especially vulnerable to habitat degradation and loss, as it cannot move into other suitable habitat.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Leaf-tailed geckos of the genus Uroplatus have spectacular camouflage, remaining motionless on forest branches during the day before becoming active hunters after dark.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Leaf-tailed geckos of the genus Uroplatus have spectacular camouflage, remaining motionless on forest branches during the day before becoming active hunters after dark.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Leaf-tailed geckos of the genus Uroplatus have spectacular camouflage, remaining motionless on forest branches during the day before becoming active hunters after dark.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

The Urrrao Antpitta lives in oak dominated forest on the eastern sheltered slopes of the Western Andes from 2,500-3,300 metres above sea level

Conservation Attention: Medium

Mexico’s only endemic marine mammal, the vaquita is considered the most endangered marine mammal species alive.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

The Victoria caecilian is only known from one individual, collected in 1912, and it has not been seen since! This has led to fears that this species may have become extinct, and its taxonomic validity has also been put into question.

Conservation Attention: Medium

The volcano rabbit is one of the smallest rabbit species in the world and is found only on four volcanoes in Mexico.

Conservation Attention: Very Low

Due to the high demand for wattle-necked softshell turtle meat, conservation efforts may not be successful in its native range. The future of this unique species may depend on introduced populations in Hawaii, USA.

Conservation Attention: Low

This large and beautiful bird has a huge wing-span of nearly 2.4 metres!

Conservation Attention: Medium

The African manatee is the least well-known of the three manatee species in genus Trichechus.

Conservation Attention: Medium

The West African slender-snouted crocodile is known for its unmistakable long and slender snout, which lacks any bony ridges.

Conservation Attention: Good

The Sirenians (manatees and dugongs) are more closely related to elephants than to other marine mammals such as whales and dolphins.