Blackboard Tree vs Java stingaree

Alstonia scholaris compared with Urolophus javanicus

Key Differences

• Blackboard Tree is Least Concern while Java stingaree is Critically Endangered.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blackboard Tree	Java stingaree
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Gentianales (Gentianales)	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)
Family	Apocynaceae	Urolophidae
Genus	Alstonia	Urolophus
Species	Alstonia scholaris	Urolophus javanicus

Conservation Status

Blackboard Tree

LC — Least Concern

Java stingaree

CR — Critically Endangered

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blackboard Tree	Java stingaree
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.

Java stingaree

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.