Blackboard Tree vs Hookskate

Alstonia scholaris compared with Dactylobatus clarkii

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Hookskate
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Rajiformes (Rajiformes)
Family	Apocynaceae	Rajidae
Genus	Alstonia	Dactylobatus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Dactylobatus clarkii

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Hookskate

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Hookskate
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.

Hookskate

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.