alstonia vs Faded Pincertail

Alstonia boonei compared with Onychogomphus costae

Key Differences

• alstonia is Least Concern while Faded Pincertail is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	alstonia	Faded Pincertail
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Odonata (Odonata)
Family	Apocynaceae	Gomphidae
Genus	Alstonia	Onychogomphus
Species	Alstonia boonei	Onychogomphus costae

Conservation Status

alstonia

LC — Least Concern

Faded Pincertail

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	alstonia	Faded Pincertail
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

alstonia

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.

Faded Pincertail

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

alstonia

The Alstonia (Alstonia boonei) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 4 distinct biome types within the Afrotropic biogeo. Distributed across Cameroon and Guinea.