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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]
The temnospondyl Eryops had sturdy limbs to support its body on land Red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas) with limbs and feet specialised for climbing Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), a primitive salamander The bright colours of the common reed frog (Hyperolius viridiflavus) are typical of a toxic species Wallace's flying frog (Rhacophorus nigropalmatus) can parachute to ...
The seepage siren (Siren sphagnicola) is a species of aquatic salamander in the family Sirenidae.It was described as a new species in 2023 by Fedler et al. The species is notable for being the smallest described siren species and is distinguished by several unique morphological features.
AmphibiaWeb Database. University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. Checklist of Amphibian Species and an Online Identification Guide for the Identification of Amphibians in North America north of Mexico; Scientific and Common Names of the Reptiles and Amphibians of North America – Explained; The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
He added more species that had been discovered since 1985. The project's own page notes that there are ten times as many amphibian species known to science today than were known in the mid-1980s. [3] In July 1999, the catalogue was first published on the internet, in its 2.0 version. New versions were added in 2004, 2006 and 2007.
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 .
Caribherp database currently contains 1,022 reptile and amphibian species, maps for each species, and about 2000 professional images. This is 5% of the roughly 8,579 amphibian species [3] and 11,940 reptiles species [4] in the world. New species are continually being discovered and described.
Dermophis donaldtrumpi is a name proposed for a putative new species of caecilian – a nearly-blind, serpentine amphibian – to be named after Donald Trump.It was originally discovered in Panama and though the name was proposed in 2018, it has yet to be confirmed as a new species; as of 2024, the binomial name and description of the species has not been formally published. [1]