Highlights from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.1 Update

Highlights from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.1 Update

Highlights from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.1 update Species moving to Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) • Crustaceans o Florida Cave Shrimp Palaemonetes cummingi – moved from Vulnerable to Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) • Plants o Podocarpus perrieri– moved from Critically Endangered to Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) Re-discovered species o Fleischmann’s Robber Frog Craugastor fleischmanni – moved from Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) to Critically Endangered o Starrett’s Treefrog Isthmohyla tica - moved from Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) to Critically Endangered Status changes • Amphibians o Bale Mountains Treefrog Balebreviceps hillmani – moved from Endangered to Critically Endangered • Freshwater Fish o Yaqui Catfish Ictalurus pricei – moved from Vulnerable to Endangered o Conasauga Loach Percina jenkinsi – moved from Vulnerable to Critically Endangered o Woundfin Plagopterus argentissimus – moved from Vulnerable to Critically Endangered • Plants o Whitebark Pine Pinus albicaulis – moved from Vulnerable to Endangered o Blue Mountain Yacca Podocarpus urbanii– moved from Near Threatened to Critically Endangered o Mulanje Cedar Widdringtonia whytei – moved from Endangered to Critically Endangered Some examples of the over 4,800 species newly recorded on the 2013.1 IUCN Red List • Amphibians o Overlooked Squeaker Frog Arthroleptis kutogundua – enters as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct) • Invertebrates o Golden Sandfish Holothuria lessoni – enters as Endangered o Kanthan Cave Trapdoor Spider Liphistius kanthan – enters as Critically Endangered • Reptiles o Vitilevu Mountain Treeskink Emoia campbelii – enters as Endangered o Ono-i-Lau Ground Skink Leiolopisma alazon – enters as Critically Endangered o Helmethead Gecko Tarentola chazaliae – enters as Vulnerable • Plants o Hill Turmeric Curcuma pseudomontana – enters as Vulnerable o Linum katiae – enters as Vulnerable o Masdevallia atahualpa – enters as Endangered o Nepenthes suratensis – enters as Critically Endangered .

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