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AmphibiaWeb's goal is to provide a single page for every species of amphibian in the world so research scientists, citizen scientists and conservationists can collaborate. [1] It added its 7000th animal in 2012, a glass frog from Peru. [2] [3] As of 2022, it hosted more than 8,400 species located worldwide. [4] [5]
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]
A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The variety of species identified was quite eclectic and names for the new ...
As of December 2019, the Amphibian Species of the World classifies the following genera in the family Leptodactylidae: [4] Subfamily Leiuperinae Bonaparte, 1850 (90 species) Edalorhina Jiménez de la Espada, 1870; Engystomops Jiménez de la Espada, 1872; Physalaemus Fitzinger, 1826; Pleurodema Tschudi, 1838; Pseudopaludicola Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926
Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History. New York, USA; AmphibiaWeb. Information on amphibian biology and conservation. (2012). "List of Amphibians in the United States (database query web application)". Berkeley, California: AmphibiaWeb
The one-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma pholeter) is a species of aquatic, eel-like salamander in the family Amphiumidae. The species is native to the southeastern United States. It was unknown to science until 1950, when it was collected by herpetologist Wilfred T. Neill, who described it as a new species in 1964. It is rarely observed in the wild ...
This species appears to be rare within its small range: it is known from an area of about 0.6 km 2 (0.23 sq mi), while the island itself is not much larger, 1.8 km 2 (0.69 sq mi); during a single night, at most 11 individuals could be found. This is less than for similar mainland species.
The Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl), also known commonly as the Spanish ribbed newt and el gallipato in Spanish, is a species of salamander in the subfamily Pleurodelinae of the family Salamandridae. The species is native to the central and southern Iberian Peninsula and Morocco. [2] It is the largest European newt species.