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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.
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.
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)
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)
A skin-eating fungus is now a severe threat to salamander populations in Europe, according to a new study. Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, or Bs, is deadly to almost all salamanders but appears ...
Ramos' mushroomtongue salamander (Bolitoglossa ramosi) Longnose mushroomtongue salamander (Bolitoglossa rostrata) Savage's mushroomtongue salamander (Bolitoglossa savagei) Shadowy web-footed salamander (Bolitoglossa sombra) Walker's salamander (Bolitoglossa walkeri) Primeval splayfoot salamander (Chiropterotriton priscus)
CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — Over a century after it was last seen, an endangered species has been found alive in Central Illinois. The Salamander Mussel was last spotted in Central Illinois 120 ...