Ongoing declines for the world’s amphibians in the face of emerging threats

2023-10-12

Luedtke, Jennifer A

Chanson, Janice

Neam, Kelsey

Hobin, Louise

Maciel, Adriano O

Catenazzi, Alessandro

Borzée, Amaël

Hamidy, Amir

Aowphol, Anchalee

Jean, Anderson

Sosa-Bartuano, Ángel

Fong, Ansel G

de Silva, Anslem

Fouquet, Antoine

Angulo, Ariadne

Kidov, Artem A

Saravia, Arturo Muñoz

Diesmos, Arvin C

Tominaga, Atsushi

Shrestha, Biraj

Gratwicke, Brian

Tjaturadi, Burhan

Martínez Rivera, Carlos C

Vásquez Almazán, Carlos R

Señaris, Celsa

Chandramouli, S R

Strüssmann, Christine

Fernández, Claudia Fabiola Cortez

Azat, Claudio

Hoskin, Conrad J

Hilton-Taylor, Craig

Whyte, Damion L

Gower, David J

Olson, Deanna H

Cisneros-Heredia, Diego F

Santana, Diego Jose

Nagombi, Elizah

Najafi-Majd, Elnaz

Quah, Evan S H

Bolaños, Federico

Xie, Feng

Brusquetti, Francisco

Álvarez, Francisco S

Andreone, Franco

Glaw, Frank

Castañeda, Franklin Enrique

Kraus, Fred

Parra-Olea, Gabriela

Chaves, Gerardo

Medina-Rangel, Guido Fabian

González-Durán, Gustavo

Ortega-Andrade, H Mauricio

Machado, Iberê F

Das, Indraneil

Dias, Iuri Ribeiro

Urbina-Cardona, J Nicolas

Crnobrnja-Isailović, Jelka

Yang, Jian-Huan

Jianping, Jiang

Wangyal, Jigme Tshelthrim

Rowley, Jodi J L

Measey, John

Vasudevan, Karthikeyan

Chan, Kin Onn

Gururaja, Kotambylu Vasudeva

Ovaska, Kristiina

Warr, Lauren C

Canseco-Márquez, Luis

Toledo, Luís Felipe

Díaz, Luis M

Khan, M Monirul H

Meegaskumbura, Madhava

Acevedo, Manuel E

Napoli, Marcelo Felgueiras

Ponce, Marcos A

Vaira, Marcos

Lampo, Margarita

Yánez-Muñoz, Mario H

Scherz, Mark D

Rödel, Mark-Oliver

Matsui, Masafumi

Fildor, Maxon

Kusrini, Mirza D

Ahmed, Mohammad Firoz

Rais, Muhammad

Kouamé, N’Goran G

García, Nieves

Gonwouo, Nono Legrand

Burrowes, Patricia A

Imbun, Paul Y

Wagner, Philipp

Kok, Philippe J R

Joglar, Rafael L

Auguste, Renoir J

Brandão, Reuber Albuquerque

Ibáñez, Roberto

May, Rudolf von

Hedges, S Blair

Biju, S D

Ganesh, S R

Wren, Sally

Das, Sandeep

Flechas, Sandra V

Ashpole, Sara L

Robleto-Hernández, Silvia J

Loader, Simon P

Incháustegui, Sixto J

Garg, Sonali

Phimmachak, Somphouthone

Richards, Stephen J

Slimani, Tahar

Osborne-Naikatini, Tamara

Abreu-Jardim, Tatianne P F

Condez, Thais H

Carvalho, Thiago R De

Cutajar, Timothy P

Pierson, Todd W

Nguyen, Truong Q

Kaya, Uğur

Yuan, Zhiyong

Long, Barney

Langhammer, Penny

Stuart, Simon N

Journal Article

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Publication

Nature Publishing Group

United Kingdom

10.1038/s41586-023-06578-4

une:1959.11/62754

Systematic assessments of species extinction risk at regular intervals are necessary for informing conservation action^1,2. Ongoing developments in taxonomy, threatening processes and research further underscore the need for reassessment^3,4. Here we report the fndings of the second Global Amphibian Assessment, evaluating 8,011 species for the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species. We fnd 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%). Although signs of species recoveries incentivize immediate conservation action, scaled-up investment is urgently needed to reverse the current trends.

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Nature, v.622, p. 308-314

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