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  2. List of amphibians of Northern America - Wikipedia

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    This is a checklist of amphibians found in Northern America, based mainly on publications by the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. [1] [2] [3] The information about range and status of almost all of these species can be found also for example in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species site. [4]

  3. Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Amphibians - Wikipedia

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    Directory of featured pictures Animals · Artwork · Culture, entertainment, and lifestyle · Currency · Diagrams, drawings, and maps · Engineering and technology · Food and drink · Fungi · History · Natural phenomena · People · Photographic techniques, terms, and equipment · Places · Plants · Sciences · Space · Vehicles · Other ...

  4. Portal:Amphibians - Wikipedia

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    Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniotic, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class Amphibia.In its broadest sense, it is a paraphyletic group encompassing all tetrapods excluding the amniotes (tetrapods with an amniotic membrane, such as modern reptiles, birds and mammals).

  5. List of amphibians of the United States - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of amphibians found in the United States. A total of 306 amphibian species have been recorded in the United States , [ 1 ] 2 of which are now extinct. [ 2 ] This list is derived from the database listing of Amphibian Species of the World .

  6. Amphibian - Wikipedia

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    In 2004, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) reported stating that currently birds, [171] mammals, and amphibians extinction rates were at minimum 48 times greater than natural extinction rates—possibly 1,024 times higher. In 2006, there were believed to be 4,035 species of amphibians that depended on water at some stage ...

  7. List of amphibians - Wikipedia

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    The list below largely follows Darrel Frost's Amphibian Species of the World (ASW), Version 5.5 (31 January 2011). Another classification, which largely follows Frost, but deviates from it in part is the one of AmphibiaWeb , which is run by the California Academy of Sciences and several of universities.

  8. Amphibian Species of the World - Wikipedia

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    It lists the names of frogs, salamanders and other amphibians, which scientists first described each species and what year, and the animal's known range. The American Museum of Natural History hosts Amphibian Species of the World, which is updated by herpetologist Darrel Frost. As of 2024, it contained more than 8700 species.

  9. Breviceps fuscus - Wikipedia

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    Breviceps fuscus is a burrowing frog, and can be found in tunnels up to 150 mm deep or among vegetation up to about 30 cm above the ground, and it generally prefers to avoid water. [3] The frog generally spends most of its time underground as it does not require open water and is primarily nocturnal . [ 9 ]