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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

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

True salamanders and newts

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

Includes tree frog species and their allies.

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)

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