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Mexico

North America · Central America

Total Species
1109
Threatened
226
CR + EN + VU
Population
128.932.753
Area
1.964.375 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 79
Endangered 97
Vulnerable 50
Near Threatened 23
Least Concern 176
Data Deficient 7
Not Evaluated 214
Extinct 3

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 547
Plantae 506
Chromista 51
Bacteria 3
Fungi 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Mexico

Elm Bark Beetle

Scolytus multistriatus

Not Evaluated

Common Plume

Emmelina monodactyla

Least Concern

Asian Tiger Mosquito

Aedes albopictus

Not Evaluated

Colonial Sea Squirt

Botrylloides violaceus

Not Evaluated

Broad-Horned Flour Beetle

Gnatocerus cornutus

Not Evaluated

Argentine ant

Linepithema humile

Not Evaluated

Brown Bryozoan

Bugula neritina

Not Evaluated

Gammarid amphipod

Grandidierella japonica

Not Evaluated

Striped Acorn Barnacle

Amphibalanus amphitrite

Not Evaluated

Weevil

Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus

Least Concern

Dowdy Plume

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Extinct

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Not Evaluated

Bicolored trailing ant

Monomorium floricola

Not Evaluated

Guinea ant

Tetramorium bicarinatum

Not Evaluated

Skeleton shrimp

Caprella equilibra

Not Evaluated

Long-Tailed Waterflea

Bythotrephes longimanus

Not Evaluated

Honey bee mite

Varroa destructor

Not Evaluated

Reticulated barnacle

Amphibalanus reticulatus

Not Evaluated

Greenhouse frog

Eleutherodactylus planirostris

Least Concern

Redclaw

Cherax quadricarinatus

Least Concern

Bryozoan

Watersipora subtorquata

Not Evaluated

Branching Bryozoan

Schizoporella unicornis

Not Evaluated

Dwarf awlsnail

Opeas hannense

Not Evaluated

Copepod

Pseudodiaptomus marinus

Not Evaluated

Tube-building worm

Hydroides elegans

Not Evaluated

Colonial tunicate

Symplegma reptans

Not Evaluated

Coffee berry borer

Hypothenemus hampei

Not Evaluated

Black fungus beetle

Alphitobius laevigatus

Not Evaluated

Depressed flour beetle

Palorus subdepressus

Not Evaluated

monogenean

Dactylogyrus anchoratus

Not Evaluated

Mexican White-lipped Frog

Leptodactylus fragilis

Least Concern

Copepod

Thermocyclops crassus

Not Evaluated

Gammarid

Ericthonius brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

axolotl

Ambystoma mexicanum

Critically Endangered

Tungara Frog

Engystomops pustulosus

Least Concern

Lesser Siren

Siren intermedia

Least Concern

Small-headed Treefrog

Dendropsophus microcephalus

Least Concern

Black-eyed Leaf Frog

Agalychnis moreletii

Least Concern

Vaillant's frog

Lithobates vaillanti

Least Concern

Grassland Whorl Snail

Vertigo ovata

Near Threatened

Whirling disease

Myxobolus cerebralis

Not Evaluated

Primeval Flat-footed Salamander

Chiropterotriton priscus

Near Threatened

Hourglass treefrog

Dendropsophus ebraccatus

Least Concern

Michoacan Stream Salamander

Ambystoma ordinarium

Endangered

Mesoamerican Cane Toad

Rhinella horribilis

Least Concern

Darkling beetle

Zophobas atratus

Not Evaluated

Fringe-toed Foamfrog

Leptodactylus melanonotus

Least Concern

Black-spotted Newt

Notophthalmus meridionalis

Endangered

Rio Grande Leopard Frog

Lithobates berlandieri

Least Concern

Guerreran Leopard Frog

Lithobates omiltemanus

Endangered

Lowland Leopard Frog

Lithobates yavapaiensis

Least Concern

Transverse Volcanic Leopard Frog

Lithobates neovolcanicus

Least Concern

Cascade Frog

Lithobates pustulosus

Least Concern

Tlaloc's Leopard Frog

Lithobates tlaloci

Critically Endangered

Puebla Frog

Lithobates pueblae

Critically Endangered

Patzcuaro Frog

Lithobates dunni

Endangered

Sierra Madre Occidental Frog

Lithobates sierramadrensis

Least Concern

Chiricahua Leopard Frog

Lithobates chiricahuensis

Vulnerable

Moore's Frog

Lithobates johni

Vulnerable

Foothill Yellow-legged Frog

Rana boylii

Near Threatened

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