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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 ...
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. [1] [2] 9.2% of all evaluated amphibian species are listed as critically endangered. No subpopulations of amphibians have been evaluated by the IUCN.
The list below largely follows Darrel Frost's Amphibian Species of the World (ASW), Version 5.5 (31 January 2011). Another classification, which largely follows Frost, but deviates from it in part is the one of AmphibiaWeb , which is run by the California Academy of Sciences and several of universities.
Amazon giant glass frog (Centrolene pipilata) Craugastor adamastus; Atlantic robber frog (Craugastor andi) Craugastor catalinae; Mccranie's robber frog (Craugastor chrysozetetes) Cruz robber frog (Craugastor cruzi) Craugastor epochthidius; Nombre de Dios streamside frog (Craugastor fecundus) San Pedro robber frog (Craugastor merendonensis ...
Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi) EN. Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis) EN, [2] species not recognized by SSAR [3] Ringed map turtle (Graptemys oculifera) VU; Big Bend slider (Trachemys gaigeae) VU; Alabama red-bellied cooter (Pseudemys alabamensis) EN; Family Testudinidae (tortoises) Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus) VU
Of all evaluated amphibian species, 10% are listed as vulnerable. No subpopulations of amphibians have been evaluated by the IUCN. For a species to be assessed as vulnerable to extinction the best available evidence must meet quantitative criteria set by the IUCN designed to reflect "a high risk of extinction in the wild".
Groundbreaking footage of an Indigenous community called the Massaco, living in Rondônia, Brazil, has been unveiled. Known for their unique use of traps and bows, the Massaco have been thriving ...
The following list of reptiles lists the vertebrate class of reptiles by family, spanning two subclasses. Reptile here is taken in its traditional ( paraphyletic ) sense, and thus birds are not included (although birds are considered reptiles in the cladistic sense).