Authors
Jennifer A Luedtke, Janice Chanson, Kelsey Neam, Louise Hobin, Adriano O Maciel, Alessandro Catenazzi, Amaël Borzée, Amir Hamidy, Anchalee Aowphol, Anderson Jean, Ángel Sosa-Bartuano, Ansel Fong G, Anslem de Silva, Antoine Fouquet, Ariadne Angulo, Artem A Kidov, Arturo Muñoz Saravia, Arvin C Diesmos, Atsushi Tominaga, Biraj Shrestha, Brian Gratwicke, Burhan Tjaturadi, Carlos C Martínez Rivera, Carlos R Vásquez Almazán, Celsa Señaris, SR Chandramouli, Christine Strüssmann, Claudia Fabiola Cortez Fernández, Claudio Azat, Conrad J Hoskin, Craig Hilton-Taylor, Damion L Whyte, David J Gower, Deanna H Olson, Diego F Cisneros-Heredia, Diego José Santana, Elizah Nagombi, Elnaz Najafi-Majd, Evan SH Quah, Federico Bolaños, Feng Xie, Francisco Brusquetti, Francisco S Álvarez, Franco Andreone, Frank Glaw, Franklin Enrique Castañeda, Fred Kraus, Gabriela Parra-Olea, Gerardo Chaves, Guido F Medina-Rangel, Gustavo González-Durán, H Mauricio Ortega-Andrade, Iberê F Machado, Indraneil Das, Iuri Ribeiro Dias, J Nicolas Urbina-Cardona, Jelka Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jian-Huan Yang, Jiang Jianping, Jigme Tshelthrim Wangyal, Jodi JL Rowley, John Measey, Karthikeyan Vasudevan, Kin Onn Chan, Kotambylu Vasudeva Gururaja, Kristiina Ovaska, Lauren C Warr, Luis Canseco-Márquez, Luís Felipe Toledo, Luis M Díaz, M Monirul H Khan, Madhava Meegaskumbura, Manuel E Acevedo, Marcelo Felgueiras Napoli, Marcos A Ponce, Marcos Vaira, Margarita Lampo, Mario H Yánez-Muñoz, Mark D Scherz, Mark-Oliver Rödel, Masafumi Matsui, Maxon Fildor, Mirza D Kusrini, Mohammad Firoz Ahmed, Muhammad Rais, N’Goran G Kouamé, Nieves García, Nono Legrand Gonwouo, Patricia A Burrowes, Paul Y Imbun, Philipp Wagner, Philippe JR Kok, Rafael L Joglar, Renoir J Auguste, Reuber Albuquerque Brandão, Roberto Ibáñez, Rudolf von May, S Blair Hedges, SD Biju, SR Ganesh, Sally Wren, Sandeep Das, Sandra V Flechas, Sara L Ashpole, Silvia J Robleto-Hernández, Simon P Loader, Sixto J Incháustegui, Sonali Garg, Somphouthone Phimmachak, Stephen J Richards, Tahar Slimani, Tamara Osborne-Naikatini, Tatianne PF Abreu-Jardim, Thais H Condez, Thiago R De Carvalho, Timothy P Cutajar, Todd W Pierson, Truong Q Nguyen, Uğur Kaya, Zhiyong Yuan, Barney Long, Penny Langhammer, Simon N Stuart
Publication date
2023/10/12
Journal
Nature
Volume
622
Issue
7982
Pages
308-314
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group UK
Description
Systematic assessments of species extinction risk at regular intervals are necessary for informing conservation action,. Ongoing developments in taxonomy, threatening processes and research further underscore the need for reassessment,. Here we report the findings of the second Global Amphibian Assessment, evaluating 8,011 species for the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. We find that amphibians are the most threatened vertebrate class (40.7% of species are globally threatened). The updated Red List Index shows that the status of amphibians is deteriorating globally, particularly for salamanders and in the Neotropics. Disease and habitat loss drove 91% of status deteriorations between 1980 and 2004. Ongoing and projected climate change effects are now of increasing concern, driving 39% of status deteriorations since 2004, followed by habitat loss (37 …
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