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The taxonomic authority is the name of the person or people who published the original description for a particular scientific name, followed by the year of publication. If the name is in parentheses, this indicates that the genus name now used is different from the one used in the original description.

The major biogeogeographic regions in which a species occurs. Values include: Australasia; Afrotropical; Indomalayan; Nearctic; Neotropical; Oceanic; and Palearctic. For a definition, see Udvardy, M.D.F. (1975). A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper No. 18. Morges, Switzerland.

Whether the species occurs in terrestrial, marine and/or freshwater habitats.

The common name of a species is the vernacular name used to refer to a species. Some species have several common names, often in different languages.

Standard terms used to describe the conservation actions required for a species. The classification scheme with all of the terms can be found at http://www.redlist.org/info/conservation_actions.html.

IUCN Red List Categories, Critically Endangered: A taxon is Critically Endangered when the best available evidence (severe population decline, very small population, very small geographic area occupied, or if the calculated probability of extinction during the next 10 years of >50%) indicates that it is facing an extremely high risk of extinctio [..]

Date when the IUCN Red List assessment was completed.

IUCN Red List Categories, Data Deficient: A taxon is Data Deficient when there is inadequate information to make a direct, or indirect, assessment of its risk of extinction based on its distribution and/or population status. A taxon in this category may be well studied, and its biology well known, but appropriate data on abundance and/or distributi [..]

IUCN Red List Categories, Endangered: A taxon is Endangered when the best available evidence (large population decline, small population, small geographic area occupied, or if the calculated probability of extinction during the next 20 years is >20%) indicates that it is considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. See 200 [..]