List of data deficient amphibians

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Circle frame.svg2 extinct in the wild amphibian species (0.03%)825 critically endangered amphibian species (10.2%)1291 endangered amphibian species (16%)815 vulnerable amphibian species (10.1%)453 near threatened amphibian species (5.6%)3733 least concern amphibian species (46.4%)896 data deficient amphibian species (11.1%)
Amphibian species (IUCN, 2025-2)
  • 8052 extant species have been evaluated
  • 7156 of those are fully assessed [a]
  • 4186 are not threatened at present [b]
  • 2931 to 3827 are threatened [c]
  • 35 to 148 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 37 extinct (EX) species [d]
    • 2 extinct in the wild (EW)
  1. ↑ excludes data deficient evaluations.
  2. ↑ NT and LC.
  3. ↑ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
  4. ↑ Chart omits extinct (EX) species

As of December 2025, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 896 data deficient amphibian species. [1] 11.1% of all evaluated amphibian species are listed as data deficient.

Contents

This is a complete list of data deficient amphibian species and subspecies as evaluated by the IUCN, last substantially updated February 2022. Where possible common names for taxa are given while links point to the scientific name used by the IUCN.

Salamanders

There are 45 salamander species assessed as data deficient.

Lungless salamanders

Asiatic salamanders

Mole salamanders

Salamandrids

Frogs

There are 797 frog species assessed as data deficient.

Water frogs

Robber frogs

Robust frogs

Alsodids

Shrub frogs

Cryptic forest frogs

True toads

Fleshbelly frogs

Glass frogs

Batrachylids

Litter frogs

Screeching frogs

Hemiphractids

Cycloramphids

Poison dart frogs

Mantellids

Ceratobatrachids

Fork-tongued frogs

Narrow-mouthed frogs

True frogs

Australian water frogs

Puddle frogs

Hylids

Includes tree frog species and their allies.

African reed frogs

Tongueless frogs

Pyxicephalids

Shovelnose frogs

Odontophrynids

Ptychadenids

Southern frogs

Saddleback toads

Hylodids

Other frog species

Gymnophiona

There are 91 species in the order Gymnophiona assessed as data deficient.

Scolecomorphids

Indotyphlids

Ichthyophiids

Dermophiids

Typhlonectids

Siphonopids

Caeciliids

Rhinatrematids

Other Gymnophiona species

See also

References

  1. ↑ "IUCN Red List version 2025.2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 30 December 2025.
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