List of recently extinct amphibians

Amphibian species (IUCN, 2025-2)
  • 8052 extant species have been evaluated
  • 7156 of those are fully assessed[a]
  • 4186 are not threatened at present[b]
  • 2931 to 3827 are threatened[c]
  • 35 to 148 are extinct or extinct in the wild:
    • 37 extinct (EX) species[d]
    • 2 extinct in the wild (EW)
  1. ^ excludes data deficient evaluations.
  2. ^ NT and LC.
  3. ^ Threatened comprises CR, EN and VU. Upper estimate additionally includes DD.
  4. ^ Chart omits extinct (EX) species

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists 37 extinct species, 187 possibly extinct species, two extinct in the wild species, and one possibly extinct in the wild species of amphibians.[1][2]

Salamanders

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Frogs

Extinct species

Possibly extinct species

Extinct in the wild species

See also

References

  1. ^ "IUCN Red List version 2025-2". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 30 December 2025.
  2. ^ "Table 9: Possibly Extinct and Possibly Extinct in the Wild Species (IUCN Red List version 2021-3)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). Retrieved 16 December 2021.


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