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The skin is slimy and bears ringlike markings or grooves and may contain scales. [ 2 ] Modern caecilians are a clade , the order Gymnophiona / ˌ dʒ ɪ m n ə ˈ f aɪ ə n ə / (or Apoda / ˈ æ p ə d ə / ), one of the three living amphibian groups alongside Anura ( frogs ) and Urodela ( salamanders ).
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 93 reptile and amphibian species in the United States are threatened with extinction. [1] The IUCN has classified each of these species into one of three conservation statuses: vulnerable VU, endangered EN, and critically endangered CR.
Herpetology (from Greek ἑρπετόν herpetón, meaning "reptile" or "creeping animal") is a branch of zoology concerned with the study of amphibians (including frogs, salamanders, and caecilians (Gymnophiona)) and reptiles (including snakes, lizards, turtles, crocodilians, and tuataras).
The world’s frogs, salamanders, newts and other amphibians remain in serious trouble. A new global assessment has found that 41% of amphibian species that scientists have studied are threatened ...
Here we report the findings of the second Global Amphibian Assessment, evaluating 8,011 species for the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. We find that amphibians are the most threatened vertebrate class (40.7% of species are globally threatened).
Bourret's cat snake (Boiga bourreti) Banded green cat snake (Boiga saengsomi) Sichuan rat snake (Euprepiophis perlacea) Ficimia hardyi; Cyprus whip snake (Hierophis cypriensis) Sulu short-headed snake (Oligodon meyerinkii) Oxybelis wilsoni; Louisiana pinesnake (Pituophis ruthveni) Yellow-lined centipede snake (Tantilla flavilineata)
Amphibians are in decline worldwide, with 2 out of every 5 species threatened by extinction, according to a paper published Wednesday in the scientific journal Nature.
The first response to reports of declining amphibian populations was the formation of the Declining Amphibian Population Task Force (DAPTF) in 1990. DAPTF led efforts for increased amphibian population monitoring in order to establish the extent of the problem, and established working groups to look at different issues.