List of near threatened amphibians



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
• Green salamander (Aneides aeneus)

• Clouded salamander (Aneides ferreus)

• Black salamander (Aneides flavipunctatus)

• Wandering salamander (Aneides vagrans)

• Kern Plateau salamander (Batrachoseps robustus)

• Peter's mushroomtongue salamander (Bolitoglossa adspersa)

• Chinateca salamander (Bolitoglossa chinanteca)

• Doflein's salamander (Bolitoglossa dofleini)

• Lincoln's climbing salamander (Bolitoglossa lincolni)

• O'Donnell's salamander (Bolitoglossa odonnelli)

• Medellin mushroomtongue salamander (Bolitoglossa phalarosoma)

• Ramos' mushroomtongue salamander (Bolitoglossa ramosi)

• Longnose mushroomtongue salamander (Bolitoglossa rostrata)

• Savage's mushroomtongue salamander (Bolitoglossa savagei)

• Shadowy web-footed salamander (Bolitoglossa sombra)

• Walker's salamander (Bolitoglossa walkeri)

• Primeval splayfoot salamander (Chiropterotriton priscus)

• Cumberland dusky salamander (Desmognathus abditus)

• Seepage salamander (Desmognathus aeneus)

• Oklahoma salamander (Eurycea tynerensis)

• Costa Rica worm salamander (Oedipina cyclocauda)

• Caddo Mountain salamander (Plethodon caddoensis)

• Del Norte salamander (Plethodon elongatus)

• Red-cheeked salamander (Plethodon jordani)

• Larch Mountain salamander (Plethodon larselli)

• Jemez Mountains salamander (Plethodon neomexicanus)

• Cheat Mountain salamander (Plethodon nettingi)

• Rich Mountain salamander (Plethodon ouachitae)

• White-spotted salamander (Plethodon punctatus)

• Shenandoah Mountain salamander (Plethodon virginia)

• Ambrosi's cave salamander (Speleomantes ambrosii)

• Imperial cave salamander (Speleomantes imperialis)

• Italian cave salamander (Speleomantes italicus)

• French cave salamander (Speleomantes strinatii)

• Sierra Juarez moss salamander (Thorius adelos)

Salamandrids
• Pyrenean brook salamander (Calotriton asper)

• Taliang knobby newt (Liangshantriton taliangensis)

• Striped newt (Notophthalmus perstriatus)

• Northern banded newt (Ommatotriton ophryticus)

• Spot-tailed warty newt (Paramesotriton caudopunctatus)

• Hong Kong warty newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis)

• Iberian ribbed newt (Pleurodeles waltl)

• Near Eastern fire salamander (Salamandra infraimmaculata)

• Danube crested newt (Triturus dobrogicus)

• Southern marbled newt (Triturus pygmaeus)

• Black knobby newt (Tylototriton asperrimus)

• Emperor newt (Tylototriton shanjing)

• Vietnamese crocodile newt (Tylototriton vietnamensis)

Other salamander species
• Streamside salamander (Ambystoma barbouri)

• One-toed amphiuma (Amphiuma pholeter)

• Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)

• Hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)

• California giant salamander (Dicamptodon ensatus)

• Persian mountain salamander (Iranodon persicus)

• Wushan salamander (Liua shihi)

• Neuse River waterdog (Necturus lewisi)

• Cascade torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton cascadae)

• Columbia torrent salamander (Rhyacotriton kezeri)

Frogs
There are 340 frog species assessed as near threatened.

Robber frogs
• Eleutherodactylus dimidiatus

• Eileen's robber frog (Eleutherodactylus eileenae)

• Eleutherodactylus flavescens

• Eleutherodactylus glaucoreius

• Martinique robber frog (Eleutherodactylus martinicensis)

• Eleutherodactylus pantoni

• Coastal red-rumped frog (Eleutherodactylus paralius)

Shrub frogs
• White-eared tree frog (Feihyla kajau)

• Feihyla palpebralis

• Everett's flying frog (Philautus everetti)

• Borneo bubble-nest frog (Philautus hosii)

• Philautus longicrus

• Philautus mjobergi

• Pseudophilautus rus

• Pseudophilautus sordidus

• Pseudophilautus stictomerus

• Raorchestes beddomii

• Rhacophorus baluensis

• Rhacophorus bifasciatus

• Vietnam flying frog (Rhacophorus calcaneus)

• Jade tree frog (Rhacophorus dulitensis)

• Rhacophorus gauni

• Rhacophorus gongshanensis

• Rhacophorus harrissoni

• Rhacophorus monticola

• Rhacophorus nigropunctatus

• Rhacophorus prasinatus

• Reinwardti's frog (Rhacophorus reinwardtii)

• Malaysian flying frog (Rhacophorus rufipes)

• Taipei tree frog (Rhacophorus taipeianus)

• Rhacophorus zhaojuensis

• Cinnamon frog (Theloderma pictum)

• Theloderma rhododiscus

• Theloderma stellatum

True toads
• Southwestern toad (Anaxyrus mexicanus)

• White-lipped slender toad (Ansonia albomaculata)

• Kadamaian stream toad (Ansonia hanitschi)

• Ansonia leptopus

• Long-fingered slender toad (Ansonia longidigita)

• Ansonia minuta

• Spiny slender toad (Ansonia spinulifer)

• Brongersma's toad (Barbarophryne brongersmai)

• Bufo cryptotympanicus

• Bufo pageoti

• Bufo tuberculatus

• Caucasian toad (Bufo verrucosissimus)

• Indian toad (Duttaphrynus parietalis)

• Incilius campbelli

• Melanophryniscus cupreuscapularis

• Maldonada redbelly toad (Melanophryniscus moreirae)

• Melanophryniscus sanmartini

• Nyika dwarf toad (Mertensophryne nyikae)

• Osornophryne bufoniformis

• Marbled tree toad (Pedostibes rugosus)

• Short-legged dwarf toad (Pelophryne signata)

• Blomberg's toad (Rhaebo blombergi)

• Choco toad (Rhaebo hypomelas)

• Rhinella achalensis

• Concepcion toad (Rhinella arunco)

• Valle Santiago beaked toad (Rhinella festae)

• Falcon toad (Rhinella sternosignata)

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
• Antioquia giant glass frog (Centrolene antioquiense)

• Urrao cochran frog (Cochranella megistra)

• Cochranella nola

• Hyalinobatrachium aureoguttatum

• Rio Azuela glass frog (Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum)

• Lynch's cochran frog (Nymphargus ignotus)

• Spotted cochran frog (Nymphargus ocellatus)

• Rulyrana spiculata

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
• Guinea screeching frog (Arthroleptis crusculum)

• Krokosua squeaking frog (Arthroleptis krokosua)

• Astylosternus laticephalus

• Mountain night frog (Astylosternus montanus)

• Mukuzira long-fingered frog (Cardioglossa cyaneospila)

• Cardioglossa nigromaculata

• Cameroon egg frog (Leptodactylodon ovatus)

• Amani forest tree frog (Leptopelis macrotis)

• Tai forest tree frog (Leptopelis occidentalis)

• Uluguru forest tree frog (Leptopelis uluguruensis)

• Leptopelis zebra

Hemiphractids
• Gastrotheca aguaruna

• Gastrotheca andaquiensis

• Gold-spotted marsupial frog (Gastrotheca aureomaculata)

• Ecuador horned treefrog (Hemiphractus bubalus)

• Banded horned treefrog (Hemiphractus fasciatus)

• Stefania satelles

Cycloramphids
• Crossodactylodes bokermanni

• Crossodactylodes izecksohni

• Cycloramphus brasiliensis

• Cycloramphus semipalmatus

• Rupirana cardosoi

• Thoropa saxatilis

Poison dart frogs
• Pleasing poison frog (Ameerega bassleri)

• Cauca rocket frog (Colostethus agilis)

• Santa Rita rocket frog (Colostethus fraterdanieli)

• Anthony's poison arrow frog (Epipedobates anthonyi)

• Epipedobates machalilla

• Hyloxalus fascianigrus

• Chimbo rocket frog (Hyloxalus infraguttatus)

• Lehmann's rocket frog (Hyloxalus lehmanni)

• Hyloxalus shuar

• Oophaga sylvatica

• Kokoe poison frog (Phyllobates aurotaenia)

• Black-legged poison frog (Phyllobates bicolor)

• Red-headed poison frog (Ranitomeya fantastica)

• Boquete rocket frog (Silverstoneia nubicola)

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
• Amolops cremnobatus

• Amolops daiyunensis

• Amolops lifanensis

• Amolops viridimaculatus

• Chalcorana macrops

• Bicolored frog (Clinotarsus curtipes)

• Glandirana tientaiensis

• Hylarana banjarana

• Hylarana chitwanensis

• Hylarana moellendorffi

• Hylarana similis

• Indosylvirana temporalis

• Crawfish frog (Lithobates areolatus)

• Gopher frog (Lithobates capito)

• Maya Mountains frog (Lithobates juliani)

• Transverse volcanic leopard frog (Lithobates neovolcanicus)

• Kiau Borneo frog (Meristogenys kinabaluensis)

• Kapit Borneo frog (Meristogenys phaeomerus)

• Malaysian Borneo frog (Meristogenys poecilus)

• Whitehead's Borneo frog (Meristogenys whiteheadi)

• Vietnam sucker frog (Odorrana chapaensis)

• Yunnanfu frog (Odorrana grahami)

• Lung-shen-hsien frog (Odorrana lungshengensis)

• Pelophylax caralitanus

• Dark-spotted frog (Pelophylax nigromaculatus)

• Foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii)

• Cascades frog (Rana cascadae)

• Iberian frog (Rana iberica)

• Sanguirana luzonensis

• Borneo splash frog (Staurois tuberilinguis)

• Sylvirana mortenseni

Puddle frogs
• Rugegewald river frog (Phrynobatrachus acutirostris)

• Phrynobatrachus uzungwensis

Hylids
• Aplastodiscus cavicola

• Aplastodiscus eugenioi

• Aplastodiscus weygoldti

• Bokermannohyla sagarana

• Ecnomiohyla miotympanum

• Pine Barrens tree frog (Hyla andersonii)

• Southern highland tree frog (Hyla euphorbiacea)

• Hyloscirtus alytolylax

• Bogota treefrog (Hyloscirtus bogotensis)

• Sardinata tree frog (Hyloscirtus callipeza)

• La Loma tree frog (Hyloscirtus colymba)

• Jahn's tree frog (Hyloscirtus jahni)

• Cordillera central tree frog (Hyloscirtus larinopygion)

• White-black tree frog (Hypsiboas alboniger)

• Hypsiboas cipoensis

• Isthmohyla melacaena

• Volcan Barba treefrog (Isthmohyla picadoi)

• Zetek's treefrog (Isthmohyla zeteki)

• Litoria jungguy

• Pearson's green tree frog (Litoria pearsoniana)

• Phrynomedusa appendiculata

• Cloud forest stream frog (Ptychohyla euthysanota)

• Scinax oreites

• Scinax trapicheiroi

• Blue-spotted Mexican tree frog (Smilisca cyanosticta)

• Xenohyla truncata

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
• Tusked frog (Adelotus brevis)

• Allobates mcdiarmidi

• Allobates paleovarzensis

• Black spiny-chest frog (Alsodes nodosus)

• Iberian midwife toad (Alytes cisternasii)

• Moroccan midwife toad (Alytes maurus)

• Atelognathus jeinimenensis

• Cape rain frog (Breviceps gibbosus)

• Desert rain frog (Breviceps macrops)

• Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata)

• Fiji tree frog (Cornufer vitiensis)

• Crossodactylus schmidti

• Spanish painted frog (Discoglossus jeanneae)

• Corsican painted frog (Discoglossus montalentii)

• Rosy ground frog (Eupsophus roseus)

• Valdivia ground frog (Eupsophus vertebralis)

• Nornalup frog (Geocrinia lutea)

• Ischnocnema epipeda

• Ischnocnema manezinho

• Ischnocnema oea

• Lepidobatrachus asper

• Santa Fe frog (Leptodactylus laticeps)

• Calf frog (Leptodactylus turimiquensis)

• Mannophryne herminae

• Mannophryne venezuelensis

• Micrixalus fuscus

• Sierra Leone water frog (Odontobatrachus natator)

• Pelobates cultripes

• Caucasian parsley frog (Pelodytes caucasicus)

• Cameroon water frog (Petropedetes cameronensis)

• Johnston's water frog (Petropedetes johnstoni)

• Platymantis luzonensis

• Platymantis mimulus

• Four-eyed frog (Pleurodema bibroni)

• Achala's four-eyed frog (Pleurodema kriegi)

• Proceratophrys bigibbosa

• Bibron's toadlet (Pseudophryne bibronii)

• Erlanger's grassland frog (Ptychadena erlangeri)

• Sierra Leone grassland frog (Ptychadena superciliaris)

• Western spadefoot toad (Spea hammondii)

• Eungella tinker frog (Taudactylus liemi)

• Amazonas water frog (Telmatobius atahualpai)

• Telmatobius bolivianus

• Acancocha water frog (Telmatobius jelskii)

• Sucre water frog (Telmatobius simonsi)

• Volcano clawed frog (Xenopus amieti)