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Burnup’s Hunter Slug, Chlamydephorus burnupi, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
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IUCN Species of the Day: Burnup’s Hunter Slug
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags Africa, agriculture, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Biodiversity., Burnup's Hunter Slug, Chlamydephorus burnupi, Community, Conservation, Current Events, deforestation, Drakensberg, Drakensberg foothills, Education, Endangered Species, endemic invertebrates, endemic slugs, endemic species, Environment, Extinction, forest habitat, forest invertebrates, forests, garden pests, habitat degradation, habitat loss, illegal, illegal timber harvesting, invasive plants, invasive species, killing, KwaZulu-Natal, leaf litter dweller, livestock, midlands, mist-belt Podocarpus forests, montane Podocarpus forests, Nature, overgrazing, pill millipedes, poaching, predatory slug, slugs, Society, South Africa, South African forests, threatened invertebrates, threatened slugs, timber extraction, vulnerable, wild fire, wildfire, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on September 9, 2011 by Bush WarriorsIUCN Species of the Day: Crau Plain Grasshopper
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags agriculture, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Biodiversity., bugs, Conservation, Crau Plain Grasshopper, critically endangered, critically endangered insects, Culture, Current Events, Education, Endangered Species, entomology, Environment, Extinction, flightless grasshoppers, France, grasshopper research, grasshoppers, habitat degradation, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, industrial development, insects, killing, La Crau, landscape conversion, Nature, News, poaching, population ecology, Prionotropis hystrix rhodanica, Society, southern France, translocation project, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, [ on September 5, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Crau Plain Grasshopper, Prionotropis hystrix rhodanica, has not yet been evaluated for the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. However, it has a provisional assessment of ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Blue River Crab
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags Africa, agriculture, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Biodiversity., Blue River Crab, Community, Conservation, Crabs, Current Events, Education, endangered crabs, endangered invertebrates, Endangered Species, endemic crabs, endemic invertebrates, endemic species, Environment, Extinction, habitat encroachment, habitat fragmentation, habitat loss, Hluhluwe Game Reserve, illegal, killing, KwaZulu-Natal, KZN, Mapelane Nature Reserve, Mkuze Game Reserve, Nature, poaching, Potamonautes lividus, Society, South Africa, spongy peat, stop poaching, swamp forests, terrestrial crabs, wetlands, wetlands drainage, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on August 4, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Blue River Crab, Potamonautes lividus, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Jamaican Iguana
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags agriculture, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Biodiversity., Community, Conservation, critically endangered, critically endangered reptiles, Current Events, Cyclura collei, Education, endangered iguanas, endangered lizards, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, habitat loss, Hellshire Hills, iguana conservation, iguanas, illegal, introduced predators, introduced species, invasive species, Jamaica, Jamaican Iguana, mongoose, Nature, News, non-native mammalian predators, poaching, recovery programme, repatriation, stop poaching, urban development, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, world's rarest lizards on July 26, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Jamaican Iguana, Cyclura collei, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Hirola
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags Africa, agriculture, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Beatragus hunteri, Biodiversity., CITES, Community, competition with cattle, Conservation, critically endangered, Culture, Current Events, Drought, ecotourism, Education, Endangered Species, endangered ungulates, Environment, Extinction, habitat loss, hirola, hirola conservation, Hirola Management Committee, Hirola Strategic Management Plan, illegal, Illegal Animal Trade, illegal hunting, Illegal Wildlife Trade, kenya, Kenya Wildlife Service, killing, livestock competition, livestock disease, Nature, poaching, protected areas, Society, somalia, stop poaching, Tsavo National Park, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog, wildlife disease on July 12, 2011 by Bush Warriors
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The Hirola, Beatragus hunteri, is listed as ‘CRITICALLY ENDANGERED’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species TM. Continue reading
IUCN Species of the Day: Cainarachi Poison Frog
Posted in IUCN Species of the Day with tags agriculture, Ameerega cainarachi, animal blog, animal blogs, Animal Rights, Animal Trafficking, Animals, animals blog, Anti Poaching, Biodiversity., Cainarachi Poison Frog, Cainarachi Valley, coffee, coffee plantations, Community, Conservation, Culture, Current Events, deforestation, Education, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, firewood collection, forest conversion, habitat destruction, habitat encroachment, habitat loss, habitat management, Huallaga Canyon, human overpopulation, illegal, illegal hunting, killing, livestock grazy, logging, Nature, Peru, poaching, poison dart frogs, protected reserves, San Martin Department, Society, stop poaching, vulnerable to extinction, wildlife, wildlife blog, wildlife blogs, wildlife conservation, wildlife conservation blog on July 1, 2011 by Bush Warriors
Photo credit: Kah-Heinz Jungfer
The Cainarachi Poison Frog, Ameerega cainarachi, is listed as ‘VULNERABLE’ on the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM. This small poison frog is found only in the Cainarachi Valley in the northern part of San Martin Department, Peru, where it is most common in the Huallaga Canyon, between elevations of 250 and 750 metres.
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