Species Explorer

Mohoua ochrocephala

Dermatocarpon luridum

Yellowish Brook Lichen faces severe threats from water pollution, habitat degradation, and climate change impacts on freshwater ecosystems. This aquatic lichen species is particularly vulnerable to changes in water chemistry and flow patterns that affect the specific microhabitats it requires for survival.

Ranunculus bulbosus

Varronia sauvallei

Apterosperma oblatum

Apterosperma oblatum faces severe threats from habitat destruction due to logging and agricultural expansion in its limited range. The species' restricted distribution and small population size make it extremely vulnerable to environmental changes and human activities.

Yucca gigantea

Bombina microdeladigitora

Pristimantis verecundus

Calophysus macropterus

Haplodrassus umbratilis

The zandmuisspin faces severe threats from coastal development and recreational activities that destroy and fragment its specialized dune habitat. Natural succession that reduces open sandy areas, combined with climate change impacts on coastal ecosystems, further threatens the species' survival.

Pouteria fossicola

Manilkara pleeana

Brachyplatystoma juruense

Cortinarius bergeronii

Petractis clausa

Caryocolum fischerella

Clubiona juvenis

The zeggezakspin faces severe threats from habitat destruction due to urban development and agricultural expansion, which have fragmented its specialized microhabitats. Additional pressures include pollution, pesticide use, and potential climate change impacts affecting both the species and its prey base.

Diphasiastrum zeilleri

Hesperocorixa moesta

Zeldzame moerwants faces severe threats from habitat degradation and loss of suitable aquatic environments across its limited range. Water pollution, eutrophication, and drainage of wetlands for agricultural and urban development have significantly reduced available breeding and feeding habitats. Climate change-induced alterations to water temperature and chemistry further compound these pressures on remaining populations.

Evarcha laetabunda

Sphaerophoria loewii

Chrysotoxum elegans

Cisticola juncidis

The Zitting Cisticola faces severe population declines due to widespread habitat destruction and degradation of wetland ecosystems. Agricultural intensification, urban development, and drainage of marshlands have significantly reduced suitable breeding and foraging areas across its range, while climate change threatens to alter precipitation patterns critical for maintaining its preferred grassland and wetland habitats.

Zodarion italicum

Zodarion italicum faces severe threats from habitat loss and fragmentation due to urbanization and agricultural expansion across its Mediterranean range. The species' specialized habitat requirements and limited distribution make it particularly vulnerable to environmental changes and human disturbance.

Alopecosa aculeata

Orthonevra nobilis

Hydnellum concrescens

Achalinus jinggangensis

Zong's Odd-scaled Snake faces severe threats from rapid habitat destruction and fragmentation in its limited range within the Jinggang Mountains region of China. The species' extremely restricted distribution makes it highly vulnerable to local environmental changes and human encroachment, while its secretive nature and specific habitat requirements further compound conservation challenges.

Lentaria byssiseda

Entoloma hirtum

Proasellus coxalis

Physocephala nigra

Amara tricuspidata

Zwarte drietandglimmer (Amara tricuspidata) faces severe population declines due to habitat loss from agricultural intensification and urban development across its range. The species is particularly vulnerable to changes in soil structure and moisture regimes that affect its ground-dwelling lifestyle and prey availability.

Scythris disparella

Cheilosia nigripes

The zwartpootgitje faces severe threats from habitat loss and fragmentation of its specialized environments. Climate change may further impact the species through disruption of flowering plant communities that provide essential nectar sources. The species' extremely small population size and restricted range make it highly vulnerable to local extinction from any environmental disturbance.

Pardosa lugubris

Neriene emphana

Microlinyphia impigra

Cortinarius cagei

Entoloma glaucobasis

Hierophis cypriensis

Agabus fuscipennis

Choiromyces venosus

Ramalina lacera

Ramalina lacera faces severe threats from air pollution and habitat degradation, as this lichen species is highly sensitive to atmospheric contaminants and changes in air quality. Urban expansion, industrial emissions, and climate change are causing widespread population declines across its range, with many historical localities now showing complete absence of this species.

Scytinium schraderi

Scytinium schraderi faces severe threats from air pollution and habitat degradation, as this lichen species is extremely sensitive to atmospheric contaminants and changes in air quality. Urban expansion, industrial emissions, and climate-induced changes to precipitation patterns have significantly reduced suitable habitat and population viability across its range.

Hydroporus obscurus

Usnea glabrescens

Farnoldia jurana

Farnoldia jurana faces severe threats from air pollution and acid rain, which degrade the specific chemical conditions required for this crustose lichen's survival on limestone substrates. Climate change is altering precipitation patterns and temperature regimes in its montane habitats, while quarrying and development activities continue to destroy the calcareous rock formations it depends upon.

Cetraria ericetorum

Cetraria ericetorum faces severe threats from air pollution, particularly nitrogen deposition and sulfur compounds, which dramatically alter the chemistry of its substrate and disrupt its slow-growing lichen physiology. Habitat destruction through urbanization, agricultural expansion, and intensive land management practices has eliminated many suitable sites, while climate change is shifting temperature and moisture regimes beyond the species' tolerance limits.

Euphyllia cristata