Today’s update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species includes 225 amphibian assessments for species ranging from southern and east Africa, Argentina, Peru, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, and completes GAA3 for the southern Africa region. These assessments contribute to the ongoing third Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA3), which is being implemented from 2024-2028, and […]
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State of the World’s Amphibians, in Kore
The State of the World’s Amphibians: The Second Global Amphibian Assessment has now been released in Korean! 세계 양서류 현황: 제2차 세계 양서류 평가 보고서 (GAA2) 의 한국어판이 발간되었습니다! It is a comprehensive synthesis of the current global status of our planet’s amphibians. 이 보고서는 지구상에 서식하는 양서류의 전 세계적 상태를 종합적으로 다루고 있습니다. Following on […]
The Overlooked Order: Why Salamanders Ne...
By Dr. Kerry KrigerSAVE THE FROGS! Founder & Executive Director Ask most people to picture an amphibian and they’ll think of a frog. Frogs croak, they leap, they appear in folklore and fairy tales, and they tend to make themselves known. Salamanders, by contrast, are masters of disappearance. They slip beneath logs, press themselves into the […]
Leading the Charge for GAA3: Publishing ...
Leading the Charge for GAA3: Publishing Southern Africa’s Amphibian Red List Assessments Alex Nieto1, Jeanne Tarrant2, Louise Hobin3 & Josh Weeber4 1Red List Intern, Anura Africa, South Africa 2SAALRP* Project Coordinator,Anura Africa, South Africa 3 GAA Coordinator for Africa, Europe and Asia | IUCN SSC Amphibian Red List Authority 4 SAALRP* Project Coordinator,Endangered Wildlife Trust, South […]
Meet the 9000th amphibian: a milestone a...
Meet the 9000th amphibian: a milestone and urgent conservation call Yun-Ming Mo and Zhong Huang, Natural History Museum of Guangxi Zhi-Tong Lyu, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Jian Wang, Guangdong Polytechnic of Environmental Protection Engineering A thumbnail-sized wonder from China’s karst Calling all amphibian enthusiasts! Thrilling news from the mist-shrouded karst mountains […]