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Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. As of September 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 1085 endangered amphibian species. [1] Of all evaluated amphibian species, 14% are listed as endangered. No subpopulations of amphibians have been evaluated by the ...
Critically endangered (CR) species face an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 673 critically endangered amphibian species, including 146 which are tagged as possibly extinct.
Family Ambystomatidae (mole salamanders) Reticulated flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma bishopi) VU; California tiger salamander (Ambystoma californiense) VU; Frosted flatwoods salamander (Ambystoma cingulatum) VU; Family Rhyacotritonidae (torrent salamanders) Olympic torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus) VU; Family Salamandridae (newts)
The Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus) is one of the largest salamanders and one of the largest amphibians in the world. [4] It is fully aquatic, and is endemic to rocky mountain streams and lakes in the Yangtze river basin of central China. It has also been introduced to Kyoto Prefecture in Japan, and possibly to Taiwan.
[1] 6.2% of all evaluated amphibian species are listed as near threatened. No subpopulations of amphibians have been evaluated by the IUCN. This is a complete list of near threatened amphibian species evaluated by the IUCN.
The World's 100 most threatened species [1] is a compilation of the most threatened animals, plants, and fungi in the world. It was the result of a collaboration between over 8,000 scientists from the International Union for Conservation of Nature Species Survival Commission (IUCN SSC), along with the Zoological Society of London . [ 2 ]
Admirable false brook salamander (Aquiloeurycea praecellens) Bolitoglossa nussbaumi; Tlapacoyan salamander (Chiropterotriton casasi) Oedipina petiola; Anita's false brook salamander (Pseudoeurycea anitae) Aquatic salamander (Pseudoeurycea aquatica) Brown false brook salamander (Pseudoeurycea brunnata) Teotepec salamander (Pseudoeurycea teotepec)
Blackbelly salamander (Desmognathus quadramaculatus) Santeetlah dusky salamander (Desmognathus santeetlah) Black mountain salamander (Desmognathus welteri) Pygmy salamander (Desmognathus wrighti) Eschscholtz salamander (Ensatina eschscholtzii) Northern two-lined salamander (Eurycea bislineata) Southern two-lined salamander (Eurycea cirrigera)