List of least concern amphibians

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%)Circle frame.svg
  •   Extinct in the wild (EW): 2 species
  •   Critically endangered (CR): 545 species
  •   Endangered (EN): 848 species
  •   Vulnerable (VU): 670 species
  •   Near threatened (NT): 402 species
  •   Least concern (LC): 2,458 species
  •   Data deficient (DD): 1,567 species
Amphibian species (IUCN, 2016-2)
  • 6492 extant species have been evaluated
  • 4925 of those are fully assessed[lower-alpha 1]
  • 2860 are not threatened at present[lower-alpha 2]
  • 2063 to 3630 are threatened[lower-alpha 3]
  • 35 to 148 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 33 extinct (EX) species[lower-alpha 4]
    • 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 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 2458 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.

This is a complete list of least concern amphibian species 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

  • Balu eastern frog (Alcalus baluensis)
  • Cornufer aculeodactylus
  • Cornufer admiraltiensis
  • Cornufer boulengeri
  • Cornufer browni
  • Cornufer bufoniformis
  • Cornufer cryptotis
  • Cornufer elegans
  • Cornufer guentheri
  • Cornufer guppyi
  • Cornufer latro
  • Kavieng wrinkled ground frog (Cornufer magnus)
  • Cornufer mediodiscus
  • Cornufer minutus
  • Cornufer montanus
  • Cornufer neckeri
  • Cornufer papuensis
  • Cornufer punctatus
  • Cornufer schmidti
  • Cornufer solomonis
  • Cornufer trossulus
  • Cornufer vertebralis
  • Cornufer vogti
  • Cornufer weberi
  • Cornufer wolfi
  • Platymantis corrugatus
  • Platymantis dorsalis
  • Platymantis guppyi
  • Palau Frog (Platymantis pelewensis)

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

See also

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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/9/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.