List of recently extinct 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

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 36 extinct species, 145 possibly extinct species, two extinct in the wild species, and one possibly extinct in the wild species of amphibians. [1] [2]

Contents

Salamanders

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Frogs

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Extinct in the wild species

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See also

References

  1. ↑ "IUCN Red List version 2021-3". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2021-3)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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