South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
achillée mille-feuilles
Achillea millefolium
acore
Acorus calamus
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Agave d'Amérique
Agave americana
agrostis géant
Agrostis gigantea
Aloès Candélabre
Aloe arborescens
Antilope Cervicapre
Antilope cervicapra
Aoudad de Barbarie
Ammotragus lervia
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
springbok
Antidorcas marsupialis
blood-stained cone
Conus sanguinolentus
general cone
Conus generalis
ruddy cone
Conus tinianus
namocanus cone
Conus namocanus
Mite
Notoedres cati
Oriental House Rat
Rattus tanezumi
Staph beetle
Phacophallus pallidipennis
Staph beetle
Acrotona parvula
patas monkey
Erythrocebus patas
Heartworm
Dirofilaria immitis
Braconid wasp
Cotesia vestalis
Abalone
Haliotis unilateralis
astrologer's cone
Conus chaldaeus
leopard cone
Conus leopardus
marriage cone
Conus sponsalis
imperial cone
Conus imperialis
bontebok
Damaliscus pygargus
coronated cone
Conus coronatus
virgin cone
Conus virgo
lettered cone
Conus litteratus
African Sober
Aproaerema polychromella
Clover mite
Bryobia praetiosa
Staph beetle
Philonthus quisquiliarius
Earthworm
Dichogaster saliens
sambar
Rusa unicolor
livid cone
Conus lividus
Hebrew cone
Conus ebraeus
Golden-Yellow Cone
Conus flavidus
Scuttle fly
Megaselia scalaris
spitting spiders
Scytodes fusca
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
captain cone
Conus capitaneus
weasel cone
Conus mustelinus
cloth-of-gold cone
Conus textile
Ash whitefly
Siphoninus phillyreae
Honey bee tracheal mite
Acarapis woodi
Basker
Euchromia lethe
Hairy Marron
Cherax tenuimanus
Cutworm
Callopistria maillardi
jumping spiders
Plexippus paykulli
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
Lantana
Lantana camara
Chinese jumper worm
Amynthas gracilis
Blackspot hornpoppy
Glaucium corniculatum
Pride-of-India
Koelreuteria paniculata
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