South African National Biodiversity Assessment Species Summary Status Checklist 2025

The South African National Biodiversity Assessment (NBA) utilizes standardized indicators to report on the status of the country’s biodiversity. To determine extinction risk, South Africa employs the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Categories and Criteria, the recognized international standard for biodiversity reporting. Furthermore, the Species Protection Level (SPL) indicator—introduced in 2018 and updated for the 2025 NBA—was developed to complement the Ecosystem Protection Level (EPL), a core headline indicator since 2004. This summary provides a consolidated checklist of both Red List and protection statuses, categorized by the date of assessment, the realm in which each species occurs, and its endemism to South Africa. See assessments and indicator results on the NBA website.