Blackboard Tree vs Eyespot skate

Alstonia scholaris compared with Atlantoraja cyclophora

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Eyespot skate is Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Eyespot skate
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rajiformes (Rajiformes)
Family	Apocynaceae	Arhynchobatidae
Genus	Alstonia	Atlantoraja
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Atlantoraja cyclophora

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Eyespot skate

EN — Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Eyespot skate
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blackboard Tree

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.

Range

Distributed across Micronesia, Taiwan, and United States.

Eyespot skate

Blackboard Tree

The Blackboard Tree (Alstonia scholaris) is a species in the genus Alstonia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests within the Oceanian biogeographic realm.