Blistering Ammania vs Kapala stingaree

Ammannia baccifera compared with Urolophus kapalensis

Key Differences

• Blistering Ammania is Least Concern while Kapala stingaree is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blistering Ammania	Kapala stingaree
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Elasmobranchii
Order	Myrtales (Myrtales)	Myliobatiformes (Myliobatiformes)
Family	Lythraceae	Urolophidae
Genus	Ammannia	Urolophus
Species	Ammannia baccifera	Urolophus kapalensis

Conservation Status

Blistering Ammania

LC — Least Concern

Kapala stingaree

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blistering Ammania	Kapala stingaree
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blistering Ammania

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian and Palearctic realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (5 countries), Europe (Greece, Italy, North Macedonia), and Oceania and the Pacific (Palau).

Kapala stingaree

Blistering Ammania

The Blistering Ammania (Ammannia baccifera) is a species in the genus Ammannia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Indomalayan and Oceanian