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Search the current Red List for most recent information about the threatened species of the British Virgin Islands.

Of the 53 threatened species listed on the IUCN website, fifteen are declining.

Threatened and declining species of the British Virgin Islands (as of October 2007)
Group Common name Scientific name More information
Sharks & rays Bonnetray
Maylan
Spotted Eagle Ray
Aetobatus narinari
(Oceanic) Whitetip Shark Carcharhinus longimanus
Whale Shark Rhincodon typus
Fish White Grouper Epinephelus flavolimbatus
Goliath Grouper Epinephelus itajara
Nassau Grouper Epinephelus striatus
Salmon Grouper Mycteroperca interstitialis
Yellowfin Grouper Mycteroperca venenosa
Blacksaddled Coral Grouper Plectropomus laevis
Reptiles Green Turtle Chelonia mydas
Amphibians (Puerto Rican) Crested Toad Bufo lemur
Virgin Islands Coqui Eleutherodactylus schwartzi
Birds West Indian Whistling-duck Dendrocygna arborea
Plant Machaonia woodburyana
St Thomas Prickly-ash Zanthoxylum thomasianum

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