List of least concern amphibians

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Circle frame.svg2 extinct in the wild amphibian species (0.03%)545 critically endangered amphibian species (8.4%)848 endangered amphibian species (13%)670 vulnerable amphibian species (10%)402 near threatened amphibian species (6.2%)2458 least concern amphibian species (38%)1567 data deficient amphibian species (24%)
Amphibian species (IUCN, 2016-2)
  • 6492 extant species have been evaluated
  • 4925 of those are fully assessed [a]
  • 2860 are not threatened at present [b]
  • 2063 to 3630 are threatened [c]
  • 35 to 148 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 33 extinct (EX) species [d]
    • 2 extinct in the wild (EW)
    • 113 possibly extinct [CR(PE)]
    • 0 possibly extinct in the wild [CR(PEW)]
  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 September 2021, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 3160 least concern amphibian species. [1] 38% of all evaluated amphibian species are listed as least concern. No subpopulations of amphibians have been evaluated by the IUCN.

Contents

This is a complete list of least concern amphibian species as evaluated by the IUCN.

Salamanders

There are 162 salamander species assessed as least concern.

Lungless salamanders

Asiatic salamanders

Mole salamanders

Salamandrids

True salamanders and newts

Proteids

Torrent salamanders

Amphiumids

Sirenids

Frogs

There are 2244 frog species assessed as least concern.

Robber frogs

Shrub frogs

Cryptic forest frogs

Rain frogs

True toads

Fleshbelly frogs

Glass frogs

Litter frogs

Screeching frogs

Hemiphractids

Cycloramphids

Poison dart frogs

Mantellids

Ceratobatrachids

Fork-tongued frogs

Alytids

Narrow-mouthed frogs

True frogs

Australian water frogs

Puddle frogs

Hylids

Includes tree frog species and their allies.

African reed frogs

Tongueless frogs

Pyxicephalids

Australian ground frogs

Ceratophryids

Odontophrynids

Ptychadenids

Southern frogs

Saddleback toads

American spadefoot toads

Hylodids

Other frog species

Gymnophiona

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References

  1. ↑ "IUCN Red List version 2016-2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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