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Mexico

North America · Central America

Total Species
1109
Threatened
244
CR + EN + VU
Population
128,932,753
Area
1,964,375 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 83
Endangered 101
Vulnerable 60
Near Threatened 34
Least Concern 298
Data Deficient 10
Not Evaluated 451
Extinct 12

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 547
Plantae 506
Chromista 51
Bacteria 3
Fungi 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Mexico

Branching Bryozoan

Schizoporella unicornis

Not Evaluated

Channeled Applesnail

Pomacea canaliculata

Least Concern

Dwarf awlsnail

Opeas hannense

Not Evaluated

Copepod

Pseudodiaptomus marinus

Not Evaluated

Northern Sheep Frog

Hypopachus variolosus

Least Concern

Great Plains Narrow-mouthed Toad

Gastrophryne olivacea

Least Concern

Asian Tiger Mosquito

Aedes albopictus

Not Evaluated

Common Plume

Emmelina monodactyla

Least Concern

Elm Bark Beetle

Scolytus multistriatus

Not Evaluated

Chiricahua Leopard Frog

Lithobates chiricahuensis

Vulnerable

Freshwater Jellyfish

Craspedacusta sowerbii

Not Evaluated

brown slug

Deroceras laeve

Least Concern

Tlaloc's Leopard Frog

Lithobates tlaloci

Critically Endangered

ribbed grass snail

Vallonia costata

Least Concern

Wandering Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha

Not Evaluated

elk

Cervus elaphus

Vulnerable

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Manta birostris

Endangered

eccentric grass snail

Vallonia excentrica

Near Threatened

Bark Snail

Zonitoides arboreus

Not Evaluated

nutria

Myocastor coypus

Not Evaluated

Black-spotted Newt

Notophthalmus meridionalis

Endangered

Darkling beetle

Zophobas atratus

Not Evaluated

Draparnaud's Glass Snail

Oxychilus draparnaudi

Not Evaluated

African clawed frog

Xenopus laevis

Not Evaluated

Mesoamerican Cane Toad

Rhinella horribilis

Least Concern

Michoacan Stream Salamander

Ambystoma ordinarium

Endangered

Lacy Crust Bryozoan

Membranipora membranacea

Not Evaluated

Hourglass treefrog

Dendropsophus ebraccatus

Least Concern

Primeval Flat-footed Salamander

Chiropterotriton priscus

Near Threatened

pinhead spot

Paralaoma servilis

Not Evaluated

Whirling disease

Myxobolus cerebralis

Not Evaluated

Fringe-toed Foamfrog

Leptodactylus melanonotus

Least Concern

Grassland Whorl Snail

Vertigo ovata

Near Threatened

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

body fluke

Gyrodactylus elegans

Not Evaluated

Puebla Frog

Lithobates pueblae

Critically Endangered

Patzcuaro Frog

Lithobates dunni

Endangered

Sierra Madre Occidental Frog

Lithobates sierramadrensis

Least Concern

Vaillant's frog

Lithobates vaillanti

Least Concern

Moore's Frog

Lithobates johni

Vulnerable

Foothill Yellow-legged Frog

Rana boylii

Near Threatened

Elegant Narrowmouth Toad

Gastrophryne elegans

Least Concern

Alpine ibex

Capra ibex

Least Concern

Barber's Sheep Frog

Hypopachus barberi

Near Threatened

Hedgehog arion

Arion intermedius

Least Concern

Günther's Robber Frog

Craugastor omiltemanus

Least Concern

black rat

Rattus rattus

Extinct

Guerreran Robber Frog

Craugastor guerreroensis

Endangered

Black-eyed Leaf Frog

Agalychnis moreletii

Least Concern

San Martin Robber Frog

Craugastor megalotympanum

Endangered

Small-headed Treefrog

Dendropsophus microcephalus

Least Concern

Sierra Juarez Robber Frog

Craugastor polymniae

Near Threatened

Berkenbusch's Robber Frog

Craugastor berkenbuschii

Least Concern

Adorned Robber Frog

Craugastor decoratus

Least Concern

Lesser Siren

Siren intermedia

Least Concern

European brown snail

Cornu aspersum

Not Evaluated

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