Table Of ContentCHECKLIST OF CITES SPECIES
LISTA DE ESPECIES CITES
LISTE DES ESPECES CITES
A reference to the Appendices to the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
of Wild Fauna and Flora
Una referencia a los Apéndices
de la Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional de Especies
Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres
Référence aux annexes de la
Convention sur le commerce international des espèces de faune et de flore
sauvages menacées d’extinction
Compiled by the/Compilada por el/Compilée par le
UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre
PNUMA Centro de Monitoreo de la Conservación Mundial
PNUE Centre de surveillance continue de la conservation mondiale de la nature
Edited by/Revisada y corregida por/Revue et corrigée par Tim Inskipp & Harriet J. Gillett
With financial support from the
Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade
in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora,
theEuropean Commission
and the UKJoint Nature Conservation Committee
Con el concurso financiero de la
Secretaría de la Convención sobre el Comercio Internacional
de Especies Amenazadas de Fauna y Flora Silvestres,
de la Comisión Europea
y del UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee
Avec l’appui financier du
Secrétariat de la Convention sur le commerce international des espèces
de faune et de flore sauvages menacées d’extinction,
de la Commission Européenne
et du UK Joint Nature Conservation Committee
2003
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CHECKLIST OF CITES SPECIES
A reference to the Appendices to the
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
of Wild Fauna and Flora
INTRODUCTION
FOREWORD..........................................................................................................................................................5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...................................................................................................................................6
INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................................................7
CITES-LISTED FAUNA AND FLORA......................................................................................................................7
General note....................................................................................................................................................7
CHECKLIST..........................................................................................................................................................7
Scientific name...............................................................................................................................................7
Common name................................................................................................................................................8
Scientific synonym.........................................................................................................................................9
ANNOTATEDAPPENDICES AND RESERVATIONS...................................................................................................9
Scientific name...............................................................................................................................................9
CITES Appendix............................................................................................................................................9
ISO codes.....................................................................................................................................................10
Dates.............................................................................................................................................................10
Notes.............................................................................................................................................................11
KEY TO ANNOTATIONS......................................................................................................................................11
INTERPRETATION...............................................................................................................................................12
NOMENCLATURE AND TAXONOMY..........................................................................................................37
REFERENCES:FAUNA........................................................................................................................................40
Mammalia.....................................................................................................................................................40
Aves..............................................................................................................................................................42
Reptilia.........................................................................................................................................................43
Amphibia......................................................................................................................................................45
Fishes............................................................................................................................................................45
Invertebrata...................................................................................................................................................45
REFERENCES:FLORA........................................................................................................................................46
Genera..........................................................................................................................................................46
Species..........................................................................................................................................................46
CHECKLIST OF FAUNA..................................................................................................................................49
CHECKLIST OFFLORA................................................................................................................................245
ANNOTATED CITES APPENDICES AND RESERVATION
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Citation: Inskipp, T. & Gillett, H. J. (Eds.) 2003. Checklist of CITES Species.
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Foreword
This edition of the Checklist of CITES Species takes into account the amendments to the CITES
Appendices and the changes in nomenclature adopted at the 12th meeting of the Conference of
the Parties to CITES (Santiago, 2002).
At its 12th meeting, the Conference of the Parties adopted the Checklist and its updates accepted
by the Nomenclature Committee as the standard nomenclature to the names of species listed in
the CITES Appendices. We are most grateful to the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring
Centre (UNEP-WCMC) for undertaking the production of this Checklist once again, and
particularly to the staff responsible for the meticulous work involved.
The costs of preparation and production of this Checklist have been borne by the European
Commission, the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (United Kingdom) and UNEP-WCMC,
as well as by the CITES Secretariat, and we wish to thank our partners very much for their
important contributions.
We know that this Checklist is widely used and appreciated by Management Authorities,
Scientific Authorities, Customs officers and other people involved in the implementation of
CITES, as well as by non-governmental organizations, academics, the press and others. We are
conscious, however, that we must continue to try to meet the changing needs of the users of this
guide. For this reason in particular, we welcome the comments and suggestions of all users on
ways to improve it in the future.
CITES Secretariat
Geneva
2003
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Acknowledgements
This publication was prepared on behalf of the CITES Secretariat by the UNEP World
Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC). It was edited by Tim Inskipp and Harriet
Gillett, supported by Alice Davies and Joan Field. Technical support was provided by James
O’Carroll, Paul Birrel and Phill Fox. The project was supervised by Gerardo Fragoso.
The production team are most grateful to the staff of the CITES Secretariat for their advice and
assistance. UNEP-WCMC also wishes to acknowledge the financial support of the European
Commission and of the Joint Nature Conservation Committee of the United Kingdom, which
has made possible the production of this book and CD-ROM.
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Introduction
CITES-listed fauna and flora
This book and CD-ROM provide a Checklist of the fauna and the flora listed in Appendices I, II
and III of CITES as adopted by the Conference of the Parties, valid from 13 February 2003. The
CD-ROM also includes the Annotated Appendices, which have an index to family names and
common names. It is hoped that these lists will act as an aid to Management and Scientific
Authorities, Customs officials, and all others involved in implementing and enforcing the
Convention.
General note
The names used in the CITES Appendices are the scientific names approved by the CITES
Nomenclature Committee. Common names in the Checklist and Annotated Appendices are
included only for reference. If the common name of an animal or plant included in the CITES
Appendices is not included, it should be looked for under its scientific name or under another
common name.
Species included in the Checklist and Annotated Appendices are referred to:
a) by the name of the species; or
b) as being all of the species included in a higher taxon or designated part thereof.
Other references to taxa above the specific level are for the purposes of information or
classification only.
Further details relating to each taxon, including distribution and author names, are included in
the CITES-species database available on the CITES website (www.cites.org).
Checklist
The Checklist of CITES-listed species comprises an alphabetical list of fauna followed by flora.
There are three types of entry: scientific name, common name and scientific synonym. The
common name and synonym entries serve as indexes to the adopted scientific name entries,
where CITES-related information is provided.
Scientific name
The Checklist contains the scientific names, in alphabetical order, of all animal and plant taxa
listed in the CITES Appendices, with the exception of Appendix-II listed orchids, for which
only the name of the genus is included, e.g. Cattleya spp.
Format 1) The scientific name
2) Optional – English (E), French (F) and Spanish (S) common names;
3) Optional – the symbol #1-#8 (see Interpretationbelow);
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4) The Appendix or Appendices in which the species is listed, I, II or III, or
'NC' for taxa that are not, or only partly, covered by CITES listings1.
Some taxa may be split-listed, that is they may be included partly in one
Appendix and partly in another. For a taxon listed in both Appendix I and
II, for instance, this would be indicated by 'I/II'. In other cases only
certain populations are listed whilst others are not covered by the
provisions of the Convention. For a taxon partly listed in Appendix I and
partly not listed, for instance, this would be indicated by 'I/NC';
5) For fauna, the family in capital letters and a two-letter code for the class
in which the species is included. The following codes are used:
Ac = Actinopterygii
Am = Amphibia
An = Anthozoa
Ar = Arachnida
Av = Aves
Bi = Bivalvia
El = Elasmobranchii
Ga = Gastropoda
Hi = Hirudinoidea
Hy = Hydrozoa
In = Insecta
Ma = Mammalia
Re = Reptilia
Sa = Sarcopterygii
Examples Abeillia abeillei: (E) Emerald-chinned hummingbird, (S) Colibrí barbiesmeralda,
(F) Colibri d’Abeillé IITROCHILIDAE Av
Cattleyaspp. #7 I/II ORCHIDACEAE
Common name
Where available, English, Spanish and French common names are provided.
Format The common name, either English (E), Spanish (S) or French (F), is followed by
the corresponding scientific name. There is only one entry for each common
name, e.g. there is an entry for ‘Golden Eagle’ but not for ‘Eagle, Golden’.
Examples Parrots (E): PSITTACIFORMES spp.
Slipper orchids (E): Paphiopedilum spp./ Phragmipedium spp.
Emerald-chinned humingbird (E): Abeillia abeillei
1 A few species not listed in the CITES Appendices are included for information, namely two species of
Psittaciformes: Melopsittacus undulatus and Nymphicus hollandicus, and four species of Falconiformes: Cathartes
aura, Cathartes burrovianus, Cathartes melambrotus and Coragyps atratus – these are the only species in these
large orders not to be covered by CITES provisions. Similarly, Aloe vera is the only species of Aloe not listed in the
Appendices.
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Scientific synonym
Some synonyms of scientific names are listed, but these are not comprehensive.
Format A scientific synonym is followed by = and then the adopted scientific name. The
latter name should be looked up alphabetically to find the other relevant
information about the species.
Example Tirucallia goetzei = Euphorbia goetzei
Annotated Appendices and reservations
(CD-ROM only)
Information is provided on all taxa currently or previously included in the CITES Appendices.
The original listing date is given for all taxa (orders, families, genera, species, subspecies) and
populations specifically named in the current Appendices, or in earlier versions of the
Appendices. All reservations made by Parties are listed, with the dates on which they entered
into force and, in the case of past reservations, the dates on which they were withdrawn.
The information is arranged in taxonomic order, with common names provided for higher taxa,
e.g. URSIDAE (bears). In cases where only one or a few species are listed in a family, the
common name of a relevant species is provided, e.g. ESCHRICHTIIDAE (Grey Whale). These
common names are included in the index.
Note: The Checklist has many more English, French and Spanish common names of species
linked to the corresponding scientific species names, and also to the appropriate family name,
than the Annotated Appendices. As an example, to locate the Big-headed Sideneck, first use the
Checklist, where the name will be found linked to Peltocephalus dumeriliana, then search for
Peltocephalus dumeriliana in the Annotated Appendices.
Five columns provide information on: Scientific name, CITES Appendix, ISO codes, Dates and
Notes, as follows:
Scientific name
This column contains the scientific names of the taxa that are, or have been, listed in the
Appendices. These names may be at various taxonomic levels: order, family, genus, species,
subspecies or variety. Orders and families are given in the same taxonomic sequence as that used
in the CITES Appendices. Species (and subspecies) are listed in alphabetical sequence within
each family. Higher taxon names given in bold are provided for information only.
CITES Appendix
The next three columns list the Appendix or Appendices in which the taxa are or were listed.
Reservations made by Parties are indicated by adding ‘r’ to the Appendix number, to signify the
entry into force, and ‘w’ to signify the withdrawal of the reservation. If both Appendix I and
Appendix II are applicable to a particular taxon on one date, Appendix I appears first in the list.
‘Del’ in one of the three columns, instead of an Appendix number, indicates that the taxon was
deleted from that Appendix on the given date.
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