List of amphibians of Europe

This is a list of amphibians of Europe. It includes all amphibians currently found in Europe. It does not include species found only in captivity or extinct in Europe, except where there is some doubt about this, nor does it currently include species introduced in recent decades. Each species is listed, with its binomial name and notes on its distribution where this is limited.

ExtinctionExtinctionEndangered speciesVulnerable speciesThreatened species

Summary of 2006 IUCN Red List categories.

Conservation status - IUCN Red List of Threatened Species:

EX - Extinct, EW - Extinct in the Wild
CR - Critically Endangered, EN - Endangered, VU - Vulnerable
NT - Near Threatened, LC - Least Concern
DD - Data Deficient, NE - Not Evaluated
(v. 2013.2, the data is current as of March 5, 2014[1])

Salamanders

Family: Salamandridae (True Salamanders and Newts)

Family: Hynobiidae (Asiatic salamanders)

Family: Plethodontidae (Lungless Salamanders)

  • Cave Salamander Speleomantes strinatii NT (France)
  • Sardinian Cave Salamander Hydromantes genei VU (France and Italy)
  • Italian Cave Salamander Speleomantes italicus NT (Italy)
  • Ambrosi's Cave Salamander Speleomantes ambrosii NT (Italy)
  • Monte Albo Cave Salamander Speleomantes flavus VU (Sardinia)
  • Imperial Cave Salamander Speleomantes imperialis NT (Sardinia)
  • Speleomantes sarrabusensis VU (formerly in Speleomantes imperialis, Sardinia)
  • Supramonte Cave Salamander Speleomantes supramontis EN (Sardinia)

Family: Proteidae (Waterdogs and Mudpuppies)

Frogs and toads

Family: Bombinatoridae (Fire-bellied Toads)

Family: Discoglossidae (Disc-Tongued Frogs)

  • Iberian Painted Frog Discoglossus galganoi LC
  • Spanish Painted Frog Discoglossus jeanneae NT
  • Corsican Painted Frog Discoglossus montalentii NT
  • Painted frog Discoglossus pictus LC (Sicily and Malta)
  • Discoglossus sardus
  • Midwife toad Alytes obstetricans LC
  • Iberian Midwife Toad Alytes cisternasii NT
  • Betic Midwife Toad Alytes dickhilleni VU (Spain)
  • Majorcan Midwife Toad Alytes muletensis VU (Majorca)

Family: Pipidae

  • African clawed frog Xenopus laevis LC (introduced)

Family: Pelobatidae (European spadefoot toads)

Family: Bufonidae (True Toads)

Family: Hylidae ("Tree Frogs and their allies")

Family: Ranidae (True Frogs)

Typical Frogs
  • Common frog Rana temporaria LC
  • Pyrenean Frog Rana pyrenaica EN
  • Moor frog Rana arvalis LC
  • Agile frog Rana dalmatina LC
  • Italian Agile Frog Rana latastei VU
  • Italian Stream Frog Rana italica LC
  • Greek Stream Frog Rana graeca LC
  • Iberian Frog Rana iberica NT
  • Long-legged Wood Frog Rana macrocnemis LC (Caucasus region, Turkey)
Water Frogs
  • Marsh frog Pelophylax ridibundus LC
  • Pool frog Pelophylax lessonae LC
  • Edible frog Pelophylax kl. esculentus LC
  • Perez's Frog Pelophylax perezi LC
  • Graf's Hybrid Frog Pelophylax kl. grafi NT
  • Italian Pool Frog Pelophylax bergeri LC
  • Italian Edible Frog Pelophylax kl. hispanicus LC (Italy)
  • Epirus Water Frog Pelophylax epeiroticus VU
  • Albanian Water Frog Pelophylax shqipericus EN
  • Karpathos Frog Pelophylax cerigensis CR (Greece)
  • Cretan Water Frog Pelophylax cretensis EN (Greece)
  • Cyprus Water Frog Pelophylax cypriensis (Cyprus)
  • Balkan Frog Pelophylax kurtmuelleri LC
  • Levant Water Frog Pelophylax bedriagae LC
  • Sahara Frog Pelophylax saharicus LC (Gran Canaria - introduced)
  • American Bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus LC (introduced)

See also

Further reading

  • Arnold N., Ovenden D., Collins Field Guide: Reptiles & Amphibians Britain & Europe., HarperCollinsPublishers, London, 2002, ISBN 0-00-219964-5
  • Engelmann W., Fritzsche J., Günthner R., Obst F., Beobachten und bestimmen: Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas, Neumann Verlag, Leipzig, Radebeul, 1985

References

  1. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  2. Frost, Darrel (2017). "Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  3. Kurtuluş Olgun, Jan Willem Arntzen, Sergius Kuzmin, Theodore Papenfuss, Ismail Ugurtas, David Tarkhnishvili, Max Sparreboom, Steven Anderson, Boris Tuniyev Natalia Ananjeva, Yakup Kaska, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Aziz Avci, Nazan Üzüm, Uğur Kaya. 2009. Ommatotriton ophryticus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T136019A4230151. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T136019A4230151.en. Downloaded on 10 October 2017. The distribution map: http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=136019
  4. V. Skorinov, D.; V. Doronin, I.; A. Kidov, A.; S. Tuniyev, B.; N. Litvinchuk, S. (2014). "Distribution and conservation status of the Caucasian newt, Lissotriton lantzi (Wolterstorff, 1914)". Russian Journal of Herpetology. 21 (4): 251–268. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  5. Boris Tuniyev, Göran Nilson, Natalia Ananjeva, Aram Agasyan, Nikolai Orlov, Sako Tuniyev, Steven Anderson, Sergius Kuzmin, Matthias Stöck, Theodore Papenfuss, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Ismail Ugurtas, David Tarkhnishvili, Sergius Kuzmin, Matthias Stöck, Theodore Papenfuss, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Ismail Ugurtas, Steven Anderson, David Tarkhnishvili, Natalia Ananjeva, Nikolai Orlov, Boris Tuniyev. 2009. Bufo verrucosissimus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T39421A10235921. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T39421A10235921.en. Downloaded on 10 October 2017. The distribution map: http://maps.iucnredlist.org/map.html?id=39421
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