alstonia vs Gilled lungfish

Alstonia boonei compared with Protopterus amphibius

Taxonomic Classification

Rank alstonia Gilled lungfish
Kingdom Plantae (Plants) Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants) Chordata (Chordates)
Class Magnoliopsida (Dicots) Dipneusti (Dipneusti)
Order Gentianales (Gentianales) Ceratodontiformes (Ceratodontiformes)
Family Apocynaceae Protopteridae
Genus Alstonia Protopterus
Species Alstonia boonei Protopterus amphibius

Conservation Status

alstonia

LC — Least Concern

Gilled lungfish

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute alstonia Gilled lungfish
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.

Gilled lungfish

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.

Gilled lungfish

No description available.

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