List Of Recently Extinct Amphibians
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International Union for Conservation of Nature The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources. Founded in 1948, IUCN has become the global authority on the stat ...
(IUCN) lists 35
extinct Extinction is the termination of an organism by the death of its Endling, last member. A taxon may become Functional extinction, functionally extinct before the death of its last member if it loses the capacity to Reproduction, reproduce and ...
species, 146 possibly extinct species, two
extinct in the wild A species that is extinct in the wild (EW) is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as only consisting of living members kept in captivity or as a naturalized population outside its historic range ...
species, and one possibly extinct in the wild species of
amphibian Amphibians are ectothermic, anamniote, anamniotic, tetrapod, four-limbed vertebrate animals that constitute the class (biology), class Amphibia. In its broadest sense, it is a paraphyletic group encompassing all Tetrapod, tetrapods, but excl ...
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Salamanders Salamanders are a group of amphibians typically characterized by their lizard-like appearance, with slender bodies, blunt snouts, short limbs projecting at right angles to the body, and the presence of a tail in both larvae and adults. All t ...

Extinct species Possibly extinct species


Frogs A frog is any member of a diverse and largely semiaquatic group of short-bodied, tailless amphibian vertebrates composing the order Anura (coming from the Ancient Greek , literally 'without tail'). Frog species with rough skin texture due to ...

Extinct species Possibly extinct species Extinct in the wild species * Wyoming toad ''(Anaxyrus baxteri)'' * Longnose stubfoot toad ''(Atelopus longirostris)'' *
Kihansi spray toad The Kihansi spray toad (''Nectophrynoides asperginis'') is a small toad endemic to Tanzania.Channing and Howell. (2006). ''Amphibians of East Africa.'' Pp. 106-107. The species is live-bearing and insectivorous. The Kihansi spray toad is current ...
''(Nectophrynoides asperginis)''


See also

* List of least concern amphibians * List of near threatened amphibians * List of vulnerable amphibians * List of endangered amphibians * List of critically endangered amphibians * List of data deficient amphibians


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