South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Acker-Schmalwand
Arabidopsis thaliana
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Gemeine Schafgarbe
Achillea millefolium
Grauhörnchen
Sciurus carolinensis
Hasenschwanzgras
Lagurus ovatus
Hirschziegenantilope
Antilope cervicapra
hundert-jährige Agave
Agave americana
Kalmus
Acorus calamus
Ecoregions
Knysna-Amatole montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Highveld grasslands
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands · Afrotropic
Albany thickets
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub · Afrotropic
Kalahari xeric savanna
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands · Afrotropic
Southern Africa mangroves
Mangroves · Afrotropic
All Species in South Africa
Canaliculate abalone
Haliotis parva
roan antelope
Hippotragus equinus
Père David's Deer
Elaphurus davidianus
Aposematic Reed Frog
Hyperolius marmoratus
Nyala
Tragelaphus angasii
Earthworm
Amynthas rodericensis
False daisy
Eclipta prostrata
Mite
Notoedres cati
Oriental House Rat
Rattus tanezumi
Staph beetle
Phacophallus pallidipennis
Lantana
Lantana camara
Staph beetle
Acrotona parvula
Heartworm
Dirofilaria immitis
Braconid wasp
Cotesia vestalis
Abalone
Haliotis unilateralis
bontebok
Damaliscus pygargus
African Sober
Aproaerema polychromella
Clover mite
Bryobia praetiosa
Staph beetle
Philonthus quisquiliarius
Earthworm
Dichogaster saliens
livid cone
Conus lividus
Golden-Yellow Cone
Conus flavidus
Scuttle fly
Megaselia scalaris
Rove beetle
Oxytelus sculptus
Staph beetle
Gabronthus thermarum
Staphylinid beetle
Lithocharis nigriceps
Rove beetle
Philonthus longicornis
Rove beetle
Oligota pusillima
Rove beetle
Oligota parva
Staph beetle
Habrocerus capillaricornis
Ash whitefly
Siphoninus phillyreae
Honey bee tracheal mite
Acarapis woodi
Basker
Euchromia lethe
Hairy Marron
Cherax tenuimanus
Cutworm
Callopistria maillardi
jumping spiders
Plexippus paykulli
Blackwood
Acacia melanoxylon
jumping spiders
Menemerus bivittatus
Mite
Tetranychus evansi
Eucalyptus longhorn borer
Phoracantha semipunctata
Russian wheat aphid
Diuraphis noxia
Deodar Weevil
Pissodes nemorensis
Maritime earwig
Anisolabis maritima
Springtail
Proisotoma minuta
Privet mite
Brevipalpus obovatus
Japanese jumper worm
Amynthas corticis
Chinese jumper worm
Amynthas gracilis
Ensign wasp
Evania appendigaster
Clown beetle
Acritus komai
Japanese privet
Ligustrum japonicum
Tropical whiteweed
Ageratum conyzoides
Black soldier fly
Hermetia illucens
Blow Fly
Lucilia sericata
Cheese skipper
Piophila casei
Lobster cockroach
Nauphoeta cinerea
Cucumber moth
Diaphania indica
Tube-building worm
Hydroides elegans
Mushroom Springtail
Ceratophysella denticulata
Staph beetle
Philonthus varians
Moss Springtail
Neanura muscorum
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