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Status iucn3.1 NT
Near Threatened (NT) species do not currently qualify for Critically Endangered (CR), Endangered (EN) or Vulnerable (VU), but are likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future, or are already close to qualifying.

As of September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 402 near threatened amphibian species. 6.2% of all evaluated amphibian species are listed as near threatened. No subpopulations of amphibians have been evaluated by the IUCN.

This is a complete list of near threatened amphibian species evaluated by the IUCN.

Salamanders

There are 62 salamander species assessed as near threatened.

Lungless salamanders

Salamandrids

True salamanders and newts

Other salamander species

Frogs

There are 340 frog species assessed as near threatened.

Robber frogs

Shrub frogs

True toads

Fleshbelly frogs

  • Craugastor cyanochthebius
  • Yucatan robber frog (Craugastor yucatanensis)
  • Ecuador leaf frog (Noblella lochites)
  • Quindio robber frog (Pristimantis alalocophus)
  • Mountain robber frog (Pristimantis altae)
  • Santander robber frog (Pristimantis anolirex)
  • La Loma robber frog (Pristimantis caryophyllaceus)
  • Pristimantis celator
  • Espada's robber frog (Pristimantis galdi)
  • Pristimantis illotus
  • Pristimantis juanchoi
  • Pristimantis jubatus
  • Pristimantis kareliae
  • Pristimantis lassoalcalai
  • Pristimantis luteolateralis
  • San Lorenzo robber frog (Pristimantis megalops)
  • Miyata's robber frog (Pristimantis miyatai)
  • Uribe robber frog (Pristimantis molybrignus)
  • Leopard robber frog (Pristimantis pardalis)
  • Pristimantis percnopterus
  • Pristimantis riveti
  • Andagoya robber frog (Pristimantis roseus)
  • Santa Marta robber frog (Pristimantis sanctaemartae)
  • Pristimantis sanguineus
  • Pyburn's robber frog (Pristimantis savagei)
  • Pristimantis silverstonei
  • Albania robber frog (Pristimantis simoterus)
  • Pristimantis spinosus
  • San Adolfo robber frog (Pristimantis tamsitti)
  • Cebolleta robber frog (Pristimantis tayrona)
  • Pristimantis vanadise
  • Coconuco robber frog (Pristimantis vicarius)
  • Pristimantis viridis

Glass frogs

Litter frogs

  • Leptobrachium ailaonicum
  • Dring's Asian toad (Leptolalax dringi)
  • Sarawak slender litter frog (Leptolalax gracilis)
  • Leptolalax maurus
  • Kinabalu horned frog (Megophrys baluensis)
  • Megophrys binchuanensis
  • Dring's horned frog (Megophrys dringi)
  • Kobayashi's horned frog (Megophrys kobayashii)
  • Megophrys longipes
  • Mangshan horned toad (Megophrys mangshanensis)
  • Jingdong horned toad (Megophrys omeimontis)
  • Lichuan toothed toad (Oreolalax lichuanensis)
  • Warty toothed toad (Oreolalax rugosus)
  • Oreolalax schmidti

Screeching frogs

Hemiphractids

Cycloramphids

  • Crossodactylodes bokermanni
  • Crossodactylodes izecksohni
  • Cycloramphus brasiliensis
  • Cycloramphus semipalmatus
  • Rupirana cardosoi
  • Thoropa saxatilis

Poison dart frogs

Mantellids

  • Aglyptodactylus chorus
  • Boophis elenae
  • Boophis obscurus
  • Boophis periegetes
  • Boophis quasiboehmei
  • Boophis rufioculis
  • Gephyromantis blanci
  • Decary's Madagascar frog (Gephyromantis decaryi)
  • Gephyromantis leucocephalus
  • Climbing mantella (Mantella laevigata)
  • Mantidactylus cowanii
  • Isaka-ivondro Madagascar frog (Spinomantis bertini)
  • Elegant Madagascar frog (Spinomantis elegans)

Fork-tongued frogs

  • Limnonectes asperatus
  • Blyth's river frog (Limnonectes blythii)
  • Dammerman's wart frog (Limnonectes dammermani)
  • Rough-backed river frog (Limnonectes ibanorum)
  • Inger's wart frog (Limnonectes ingeri)
  • Luzon fanged frog (Limnonectes macrocephalus)
  • Giant Philippine frog (Limnonectes magnus)
  • Malesian frog (Limnonectes malesianus)
  • Lesser swamp frog (Limnonectes paramacrodon)
  • Limnonectes rhacodus
  • Tweedie's wart frog (Limnonectes tweediei)
  • Annandale's paa frog (Nanorana annandalii)
  • Nanorana arnoldi
  • Nanorana ercepeae
  • Tibetan frog (Nanorana pleskei)
  • Kwang-yang Asian frog (Nanorana quadranus)
  • Seep frog (Occidozyga baluensis)
  • Quasipaa verrucospinosa

Narrow-mouthed frogs

  • Boulenger's climbing frog (Anodonthyla boulengeri)
  • Buzzing frog (Cophixalus bombiens)
  • Rattling frog (Cophixalus crepitans)
  • Scanty frog (Cophixalus exiguus)
  • Tomato frog (Dyscophus antongilii)
  • Elachistocleis erythrogaster
  • Blunt-headed burrowing frog (Glyphoglossus molossus)
  • Kalophrynus baluensis
  • Kalophrynus nubicola
  • Burrowing grainy frog (Kalophrynus subterrestris)
  • Bicol narrowmouth toad (Kaloula kokacii)
  • Middle back-stripe bullfrog (Kaloula mediolineata)
  • Labang forest rice frog (Microhyla perparva)
  • Kapit rice frog (Microhyla petrigena)
  • Oreophryne jeffersoniana
  • Interior digging frog (Plethodontohyla tuberata)
  • Betampona digging frog (Rhombophryne coudreaui)
  • Madagascar rain frog (Scaphiophryne madagascariensis)
  • Scaphiophryne matsoko
  • Uperodon montanus
  • Uperodon obscurus

True frogs

Puddle frogs

Hylids

Includes tree frog species and their allies.

African reed frogs

  • Ivory coast wart frog (Acanthixalus sonjae)
  • Nigeria banana frog (Afrixalus nigeriensis)
  • Natal banana frog (Afrixalus spinifrons)
  • Nimba banana frog (Afrixalus vibekensis)
  • Sharpsnout reed frog (Hyperolius acutirostris)
  • Bamenda reed frog (Hyperolius ademetzi)
  • Dizangue reed frog (Hyperolius bopeleti)
  • Sierra Leone reed frog (Hyperolius chlorosteus)
  • Goldbelly reed frog (Hyperolius chrysogaster)
  • Tigoni reed frog (Hyperolius cystocandicans)
  • Wermuth's reed frog (Hyperolius wermuthi)
  • Nimba reed frog (Hyperolius zonatus)
  • Chochran's running frog (Kassina cochranae)

Pyxicephalids

  • Amietia tenuoplicata
  • Ice frog (Amietia vertebralis)
  • Drewes' moss frog (Arthroleptella drewesii)
  • Landdros moss frog (Arthroleptella landdrosia)
  • Lightfoot's moss frog (Arthroleptella lightfooti)
  • Cape caco (Cacosternum capense)
  • Montane marsh frog (Poyntonia paludicola)

Other frog species

See also

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