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Taiwan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
5813
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
23 816 775
Area
36 193 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2026
Animalia 1779
Bacteria 872
Fungi 594
Chromista 352
Protozoa 181
Archaea 7
Viruses 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Taiwan

Leafy Flat-blade Algae

Stypopodium zonale

Not Evaluated

Southern green stink bug

Nezara viridula

Not Evaluated

China birch

Betula chinensis

Least Concern

Synechocystis endobiotica

Not Evaluated

Spotted calla lily

Zantedeschia albomaculata

Not Evaluated

Pink powder puff

Calliandra surinamensis

Least Concern

Kocuria aegyptia

Not Evaluated

Southern cowpea weevil

Callosobruchus maculatus

Not Evaluated

Floreana Coral

Tubastraea floreana

Critically Endangered

smooth bum coral

Heteropsammia cochlea

Least Concern

disc coral

Turbinaria radicalis

Near Threatened

Wutai Crab

Geothelphusa wutai

Vulnerable

Fried Egg Tree

Polyspora axillaris

Least Concern

coral aloe

Aloe striata

Least Concern

Lettered China-mark

Diasemia reticularis

Endangered

Tropical Mexican clover

Richardia brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

Kocuria rhizophila

Not Evaluated

Kocuria polaris

Not Evaluated

Kocuria turfanensis

Not Evaluated

South Australia Crab

Geothelphusa nanao

Vulnerable

Oriental Spear Lobster

Linuparus sordidus

Least Concern

Scalloped Spiny Lobster

Panulirus homarus

Least Concern

White-whiskered Coral Crayfish

Panulirus femoristriga

Least Concern

Metskastik

Calamagrostis arundinacea

Least Concern

Root rot

Phytophthora lateralis

Not Evaluated

Temple Treefrog

Kurixalus idiootocus

Least Concern

Deep-water Scampi

Metanephrops challengeri

Least Concern

Neptune Lobster

Metanephrops neptunus

Least Concern

Japanese Lobster

Metanephrops japonicus

Data Deficient

Melville Island Scampi

Metanephrops sibogae

Least Concern

Formosa Lobster

Metanephrops formosanus

Data Deficient

Pacific Pincer Lobster

Thaumastocheles japonicus

Least Concern

yellow rose aphid

Rhodobium porosum

Not Evaluated

Fringed kidney lichen

Nephroma helveticum

Critically Endangered

Nan Xize Crab

Geothelphusa nanhsi

Least Concern

Slaty-backed Flycatcher

Ficedula erithacus

Least Concern

Velvet Lobster

Metanephrops velutinus

Least Concern

Dark Woolly Bat

Kerivoula furva

Least Concern

Frosted Grain-Spored Lichen

Sarcogyne regularis

Near Threatened

Smooth Fan Lobster

Ibacus novemdentatus

Least Concern

Mexican vanilla

Vanilla mexicana

Not Evaluated

Kocuria flava

Not Evaluated

Broad-muzzled Bat

Submyotodon latirostris

Least Concern

spike awlsnail

Allopeas clavulinum

Not Evaluated

Michaux'S Anastrophyllum

Anastrophyllum michauxii

Near Threatened

Collared Crow

Corvus pectoralis

Vulnerable

Mickey mouse plant

Ochna serrulata

Least Concern

microporous coral

Montipora tuberculosa

Least Concern

Midden Inkcap

Coprinus sterquilinus

Vulnerable

Fiji Locust Lobster

Biarctus vitiensis

Least Concern

Gray-taek Crab

Geothelphusa cinerea

Least Concern

Soft Locust Lobster

Scammarctus batei

Least Concern

Citricoccus alkalitolerans

Not Evaluated

Japanese Fan Lobster

Ibacus ciliatus

Data Deficient

Locust Lobster

Chelarctus aureus

Least Concern

Blue-grey Ze Crab

Geothelphusa caesia

Least Concern

Taiwan's South China Sea River Crab

Nanhaipotamon formosanum

Vulnerable

Wang's Crab

Geothelphusa wangi

Vulnerable

Yuen Chak Thick Crab

Geothelphusa ancylophallus

Least Concern

Sun Moon Lake Ze Crab

Geothelphusa candidiensis

Least Concern

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