The Red Book of Tajikistan will be supplemented with new species: 37 plants will be added to it, as well as insects, molluscs and fish

Today at 14:37Author: Nigina Aslonova, Asia-Plus

Tajikistan has prepared a new edition of the Red Book, which includes 37 species of new plants and new species of fauna. The Environmental Protection Committee under the country’s government informed Asia-Plus today.

The book is being finalized and necessary arrangements are being made for its publication in September this year.

In addition to plants, it contains five species of molluscs, 18 species of insects and two species of fish.

“62 well-known scientists and experts from the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic in the field of botany and zoology participated in the preparation of this book,” noted the source.

In total, the book includes 304 species of plants and 242 species of animals that are endangered.

It was also noted that 16 species of plants previously threatened with extinction were removed from the Red Book as their populations recovered to stable levels.

“This was made possible by successful conservation measures and restoration programs,” the source said.

New species included in the Red Book of Tajikistan:

Fish:

Aral white-eyed

Rudd

Insect:

Likhachev’s cow

Striped ladybug

Nephus four-spotted

Pseudoplatychirus Petara

Spazigaster nosed

Rodendorfiya Khakimova

Skulatka Abdulnazarová

Skulatka Semyonova

Kalitsera Zimin

Ferdinandea Volková

Brachiopa paradoxa

Eumerus Muratova

Fat man

Nobilis

Fat man

Woodland

White Mahometan

Belyanka deota

molluscs:

Valvatamnikola pig

Sogdamnicola pallida

Lartensamnicola brevicula

Martemzamnikola hisser

Nurecta traculaeformes

Blueberry melanius

The Red Book of Tajikistan is an official state document that contains an annotated list of the rarest and most endangered species of flora and fauna in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan, as well as general information about the distribution, current status of these species, reasons for their decline and measures for their conservation and reproduction.

Species of plants and animals listed in the Red Book are subject to special protection throughout the country.

The first Red Book, dedicated to the flora and fauna of the Tajik SSR, was published in 1988. It contained descriptions of 162 species of animals and 226 species of plants. In 1997, the book was translated into Tajik. On October 15, 2015, the second edition of the Red Book was published. It included 267 species of plants and 222 species of animals.

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