Critically Endangered

White-bellied Heron
Great Indian Bustard
Baer's Pochard
Bovany Barb
Four-toed Terrapin
Red-crowned Roofed Turtle
Namdapha Flying Squirrel
Pondicherry Shark
Large Rock-rat
Andaman White-toothed Shrew
Jenkin's Shrew
Nicobar Shrew
Sumatran Rhinoceros
Hawksbill Turtle
Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Gharial
Jeypore Ground Gecko
Ganges Shark
Kudremukh Glyptothorax
White-rumped Vulture (found in South and S.E. Asia)
Long Billed Vulture (smaller and less heavily built than eurasian griffon. It has two
sub-categories)
- Indian Vulture (found in central and peninsular India)
- Slender-billed Vulture (sub-himalayan region)
Pygmy Hog Sucking Louse
Nilgiri Mystus
Forest Owlet
Bengal Florican
Red Canarese Barb
Siberian Crane
Kondana Rat
Dattatreya Night Frog
Himalayan Quail
Deolali Minnow
Sacred Grove Bushfrog
Rameshwaram Parachute Spider
Peacock Tarantula
Pygmy Hog
Largetooth Sawfish
Deccan Barb
Pookode Lake Barb
Green Eyed Bushfrog
Kaikatti Bushfrog
Mark's Bushfrog
Resplendent Shrubfrog
Sushil's Bushfrog
Javan Rhinoceros
Jerdon's Courser
Pink-headed Duck

Red-headed Vulture
Sociable Lapwing
Malabar Civet
Ghats Wart Frog

Endangered
1. Olive Ridley Turtle
IUCN status: endangered
Found in warm waters of Indian, Pacific and Atlantic
ocean.
Odisha coast= largest mass hatching site.
Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary along the coastline of
Kendrapara district.
Arribada = mass nesting of female olive ridley turtles
Breeding season: November to May. After ~50 days, the
eggs hatch and baby turtles move towards the beach.
But only 1/1000 survive and reach adulthood.
Officials have ordered the people to turn off their lights during hatching. Why?
Once Baby turtles (Hatchlings) come out of the sand nest, they move
towards sea. BUT if they see bright light (coming from those houses), they
move towards houses instead of diving into the sea.
Thats why civilians ordered to turn off the lights during night. Additionally,
officials have also installed nets surrounding these nests to prevent the
babies from moving towards land.

Data Deficient
1. Robber Crab

IUCN status: DATA DEFICIENT.

Where? only in the forest of Andaman and Nicobar
it is the largest land crab [adult can be as long as 1
meter and weigh 4.5 kilos]
Also called coconut crabs, because they climb trees, cut
coconuts and descend to eat it.

Threats
Protection status
habitat destruction post Tsunami
Nicobar folks dont eat them due to social taboo but the
youth of Andaman eats them.
IUCN- its under list of DATA DEFICIENT.
Wildlife protection Act= under Schedule I. Meaning it is
illegal to hunt them. But juntaa of Andaman Nicobar unaware.