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.

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)

Family: Proteidae (Waterdogs and Mudpuppies)

Frogs and toads

Family: Bombinatoridae (Fire-bellied toads)

Family: Discoglossidae (Disc-Tongued frogs)

  • Catalonian midwife toad Alytes (obstetricans) almogavarii (Spain)[4][5]

Family: Pipidae

Family: Pelobatidae (European spadefoot toads)

  • Balkan spadefoot Pelobates balcanicus (southern Europe)[4][5]

Family: Bufonidae (True toads)

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

Family: Ranidae (True frogs)

Typical frogs
Water frogs

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. Frost, Darrel (2020). "Amphibian Species of the World 6.0, an Online Reference". American Museum of Natural History. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  5. "AmphibiaWeb". University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. 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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