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Status iucn3.1 VU
Vulnerable (VU) species are considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

In September 2016, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 670 vulnerable amphibian species. Of all evaluated amphibian species, 10% are listed as vulnerable. No subpopulations of amphibians have been evaluated by the IUCN.

For a species to be assessed as vulnerable to extinction the best available evidence must meet quantitative criteria set by the IUCN designed to reflect "a high risk of extinction in the wild". Endangered and critically endangered species also meet the quantitative criteria of vulnerable species, and are listed separately. See: List of endangered amphibians, List of critically endangered amphibians. Vulnerable, endangered and critically endangered species are collectively referred to as threatened species by the IUCN.

Additionally 1567 amphibian species (24% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient, meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN. While the category of data deficient indicates that no assessment of extinction risk has been made for the taxa, the IUCN notes that it may be appropriate to give them "the same degree of attention as threatened taxa, at least until their status can be assessed".

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

Salamanders

There are 93 salamander species assessed as vulnerable.

Lungless salamanders

Asiatic salamanders

  • Chiala mountain salamander (Batrachuperus karlschmidti)
  • Western Chinese mountain salamander (Batrachuperus pinchonii)
  • Alpine stream salamander (Batrachuperus tibetanus)
  • Yenyuan stream salamander (Batrachuperus yenyuanensis)
  • Alishan salamander (Hynobius arisanensis)
  • Odaigahara salamander (Hynobius boulengeri)
  • Amber-colored salamander (Hynobius stejnegeri)
  • Tokyo salamander (Hynobius tokyoensis)
  • Yiwu salamander (Hynobius yiwuensis)
  • Tsinpa salamander (Liua tsinpaensis)
  • Pachyhynobius shangchengensis
  • Yellow-spotted salamander (Pseudohynobius flavomaculatus)
  • Shuicheng salamander (Pseudohynobius shuichengensis)

Mole salamanders

Salamandrids

True salamanders and newts

Proteids

  • Olm (Proteus anguinus)

Torrent salamanders

  • Olympic torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton olympicus)

Frogs

There are 573 frog species assessed as vulnerable.

Water frogs

  • Chili water frog (Telmatobius arequipensis)
  • Ancash water frog (Telmatobius carrillae)
  • Telmatobius hauthali
  • Telmatobius hintoni
  • Hocking's water frog (Telmatobius hockingi)
  • Telmatobius huayra
  • Telmatobius marmoratus
  • Telmatobius oxycephalus
  • Peru water frog (Telmatobius peruvianus)
  • Sanborn's water frog (Telmatobius sanborni)
  • Telmatobius verrucosus
  • Telmatobius yuracare

Robber frogs

Shrub frogs

  • Buergeria oxycephala
  • Jinxiu bubble-nest frog (Gracixalus jinxiuensis)
  • Quang's tree frog (Gracixalus quangi)
  • Kurixalus baliogaster
  • Philautus acutirostris
  • Philautus acutus
  • Philautus amoenus
  • Philautus bunitus
  • Philautus erythrophthalmus
  • Garo Hills bubble-nest frog (Philautus garo)
  • Philautus gunungensis
  • Philautus ingeri
  • Leyte tree frog (Philautus leitensis)
  • Philautus pallidipes
  • Mottled tree frog (Philautus poecilius)
  • Philautus refugii
  • Philautus saueri
  • Obscure bush frog (Philautus tectus)
  • Philautus umbra
  • Philautus worcesteri
  • Pseudophilautus hallidayi
  • Raorchestes bobingeri
  • Raorchestes bombayensis
  • Confusing green bushfrog (Raorchestes chromasynchysi)
  • Koadaikanal bush frog (Raorchestes dubois)
  • Southern bubble-nest frog (Raorchestes glandulosus)
  • Raorchestes graminirupes
  • Rhacophorus annamensis
  • Mindanao flying frog (Rhacophorus bimaculatus)
  • Spinybottom tree frog (Rhacophorus exechopygus)
  • Rhacophorus fasciatus
  • Rhacophorus kio
  • Rhacophorus spelaeus
  • Rhacophorus yinggelingensis
  • Bamboo moss frog (Theloderma bambusicolum)
  • Theloderma margaritifer
  • Assam Indonesian treefrog (Theloderma moloch)
  • Theloderma spinosum

Cryptic forest frogs

Fleshbelly frogs

Glass frogs

Batrachylids

Litter frogs

  • Rough horned frog (Borneophrys edwardinae)
  • Brachytarsophrys intermedia
  • Leptobrachella baluensis
  • Leptobrachella brevicrus
  • Leptobrachella parva
  • Leptobrachella serasanae
  • Leptobrachium banae
  • Leptobrachium gunungense
  • Leptobrachium hainanense
  • Leptobrachium leucops
  • Leptolalax arayai
  • Leptolalax hamidi
  • Kajang slender litter frog (Leptolalax kajangensis)
  • Leptolalax pictus
  • Leptolalax tuberosus
  • Great piebald horned toad (Megophrys giganticus)
  • Nankiang horned toad (Megophrys nankiangensis)
  • Mindanao horned frog (Megophrys stejnegeri)
  • Oreolalax granulosus
  • Oreolalax jingdongensis
  • Oreolalax major
  • Oreolalax multipunctatus
  • Oreolalax rhodostigmatus
  • Scutiger gongshanensis
  • Scutiger liupanensis
  • Scutiger nepalensis
  • Scutiger ruginosus
  • Scutiger tuberculatus

Screeching frogs

Hemiphractids

Poison dart frogs

Mantellids

  • Aglyptodactylus laticeps
  • Angel's Madagascar frog (Boehmantis microtympanum)
  • Boophis andohahela
  • Boophis andreonei
  • Boophis blommersae
  • Nosy Be bright-eyed frog (Boophis brachychir)
  • Boophis englaenderi
  • Boophis fayi
  • Ambohimitombo bright-eyed frog (Boophis majori)
  • Tiny bright-eyed frog (Boophis miniatus)
  • Boophis popi
  • Boophis spinophis
  • Boophis ulftunni
  • Boophis vittatus
  • Gephyromantis ambohitra
  • Horned Madagascar frog (Gephyromantis cornutus)
  • Gephyromantis enki
  • Boettger's grainy frog (Gephyromantis horridus)
  • Gephyromantis rivicola
  • Gephyromantis runewsweeki
  • Gephyromantis salegy
  • Gephyromantis schilfi
  • Gephyromantis silvanus
  • Greater spiny Madagascar frog (Gephyromantis spiniferus)
  • Gephyromantis striatus
  • Gephyromantis tahotra
  • Gephyromantis tandroka
  • Guibemantis kathrinae
  • White-flanked Malagasy tree frog (Guibemantis tasifotsy)
  • Haraldmeier's mantella (Mantella haraldmeieri)
  • Madagascan mantella (Mantella madagascariensis)
  • Marojejy mantella (Mantella manery)
  • Beautiful mantella (Mantella pulchra)
  • Mantidactylus delormei
  • Mantidactylus noralottae
  • Guibe's Madagascar frog (Spinomantis guibei)
  • Spinomantis massi
  • Spinomantis tavaratra

Ceratobatrachids

Fork-tongued frogs

  • Northern frog (Ingerana borealis)
  • Limnonectes acanthi
  • Eastern Mindanao frog (Limnonectes diuatus)
  • Limnonectes fragilis
  • Limnonectes heinrichi
  • Limnonectes liui
  • Fanged river frog (Limnonectes macrodon)
  • Philippine small-disked frog (Limnonectes parvus)
  • Limnonectes toumanoffi
  • Giant Visayan frog (Limnonectes visayanus)
  • Nannophrys ceylonensis
  • Nanorana liui
  • Nanorana minica
  • Nanorana rostandi
  • Small-headed frog (Occidozyga diminutiva)
  • Little spiny frog (Quasipaa exilispinosa)
  • Quasipaa fasciculispina
  • Jiulong spiny frog (Quasipaa jiulongensis)
  • Spiny-flanked frog (Quasipaa shini)
  • Giant spiny frog (Quasipaa spinosa)

Narrow-mouthed frogs

True frogs

Australian water frogs

Puddle frogs

Hylids

Includes tree frog species and their allies.

African reed frogs

  • Ethiopian banana frog (Afrixalus enseticola)
  • Afrixalus morerei
  • Afrixalus sylvaticus
  • Uluguru banana frog (Afrixalus uluguruensis)
  • Callixalus pictus
  • Hyperolius burgessi
  • Hyperolius constellatus
  • Yaounde reed frog (Hyperolius endjami)
  • Nyanga long reed frog (Hyperolius inyangae)
  • Schiotz's reed frog (Hyperolius laurenti)
  • Hyperolius minutissimus
  • Falls reed frog (Hyperolius polystictus)
  • Riggenbach's reed frog (Hyperolius riggenbachi)
  • Spiny-throated reed frog (Hyperolius spinigularis)
  • Stream reed frog (Hyperolius viridigulosus)
  • Ivory coast running frog (Kassina arboricola)
  • Rainforest running frog (Kassina lamottei)
  • Morerella cyanophthalma
  • Kouni Valley striped frog (Paracassina kounhiensis)

Other frog species

Gymnophiona

  • Boulengerula fischeri
  • Mexican burrowing caecilian (Dermophis mexicanus)
  • Pattipola caecilian (Ichthyophis orthoplicatus)
  • Taylor's caecilian (Ichthyophis pseudangularis)

See also

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