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  2. Amphibian - Wikipedia

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    The numbers of species cited above follows Frost and the total number of known (living) amphibian species as of March 31, 2019, is exactly 8,000, [11] of which nearly 90% are frogs. [ 12 ] With the phylogenetic classification, the taxon Labyrinthodontia has been discarded as it is a polyparaphyletic group without unique defining features apart ...

  3. List of amphibians - Wikipedia

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    A list of amphibians organizes the class of amphibian by family and subfamilies and mentions the number of species in each of them. The list below largely follows Darrel Frost's Amphibian Species of the World (ASW), Version 5.5 (31 January 2011).

  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. Portal:Amphibians/Introduction - Wikipedia

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    The number of known amphibian species is approximately 8,000, of which nearly 90% are frogs. The smallest amphibian (and vertebrate) in the world is a frog from New Guinea ( Paedophryne amauensis ) with a length of just 7.7 mm (0.30 in).

  6. Reptile - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 December 2024. Group of animals including lepidosaurs, testudines, and archosaurs This article is about the animal class. For other uses, see Reptile (disambiguation). Reptiles Temporal range: Late Carboniferous–Present Pre๊ž’ ๊ž’ O S D C P T J K Pg N Tuatara Saltwater crocodile Common box turtle ...

  7. More than 2,000 species of amphibians are threatened by ...

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    Animals. Business. Entertainment. Fitness ... than 8,000 amphibian species around the world and determined that nearly 41% — 2,871 in total — are globally threatened. The number of threatened ...

  8. Amphibian Species of the World - Wikipedia

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    Amphibian Species of the World 6.2: An Online Reference (ASW) is a herpetology database. 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.

  9. Frog - Wikipedia

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    In 2006, of 4,035 species of amphibians that depend on water during some lifecycle stage, 1,356 (33.6%) were considered to be threatened. This is likely to be an underestimate because it excludes 1,427 species for which evidence was insufficient to assess their status. [201] Frog populations have declined dramatically since the 1950s.