TOP EDGE Amphibians
Cophyla maharipeo
Cophyla maharipeo
Cophyla maharipeo is endemic to Madagascar and has only been found in an abbey garden in Joffreville in the Diana region.
Conservation Attention
Medium
Cophyla puellarum
Cophyla puellarum
Cophyla puellarum is endemic to Madagascar and is found only in the Montagne d’Ambre National Park.
Conservation Attention
Medium
Mixe Treefrog
Megastomatohyla mixe
The Mixe treefrog is endemic to Mexico, and is only found in Vita Hermosa town in north central Oaxaca.
Conservation Attention
Low
Oaxacan Yellow Treefrog
Megastomatohyla pellita
The Oaxacan yellow tree frog has not been recorded since the 1960s and recent surveys to locate it have been unsuccessful.
Conservation Attention
Low
Boophis ankarafensis
Boophis ankarafensis
Boophis ankarafensis is endemic to Madagascar and is restricted to the Ankfara forest fragment.
Conservation Attention
Medium
Boophis baetkei
Boophis baetkei
Boophis baetkei is a frog endemic to Madagascar, found in a single location: the eastern edge of the Fôret d’Ambre Special Reserve.
Conservation Attention
Medium
Boophis liami
Boophis liami
Boophis liami is a frog endemic to Madagascar, currently known only from Forêt de Vohidrazana and near Andasibe.
Conservation Attention
Medium
Boophis tsilomaro
Boophis tsilomaro
Boophis tsilomaro is endemic to Madagascar and has only been found in the area around Berara forest.
Conservation Attention
Medium
Anodonthyla theoi
Anodonthyla theoi
Anodonthyla theoi is endemic to Madagascar and is known only from Manombo Species Reserve.
Conservation Attention
Medium
Terrestrial Splayfoot Salamander
Chiropterotriton terrestris
The terrestrial splayfoot salamander is endemic to Mexico and is known only from a small area around Tianguistengo in north-eastern Hidalgo. However, an individual found in nearby Querétaro may also be a member of this species.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Anodonthyla vallani
Anodonthyla vallani
Anodonthyla vallani is a frog endemic to Madagascar and is known only from a single locality within the Ambohitantely Species Reserve.
Conservation Attention
Medium
Schmidt’s Robber Frog
Eleutherodactylus schmidti
Schmidt’s robber frog has not been recorded since the mid 1980s, despite extensive surveys carried out within its range between 1998 and 2000.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Townsend’s Salamander
Parvimolge townsendi
Townsend’s dwarf salamander is the solitary representative of its genus, and its lineage may have diverged from all other amphibian species over 34 million years ago at a time when monkeys and humans shared a common ancestor.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Strabomantis helonotus
Strabomantis helonotus
Strabomantis helonotus is a very rare frog endemic to Ecuador, living on the pacific slopes of the Andes.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Rhombophryne analamaina
Rhombophryne analamaina
Rhombophryne analamaina is a species only known from its type locality (the place it was originally found), and the total area in which this species occurs is only 10km²! It is likely however, to be more widespread within a small range of suitable habitat north of its type locality.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Rhombophryne hara
Rhombophryne hara
Rhombophryne hara is a species only known from two localities on Nosy Hara Island, and the total area in which this species occurs is only 4km²!
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Gephyromantis mafy
Gephyromantis mafy
Gephyromantis mafy is from the family of Golden frogs (Mantellidae), which is the most diverse frog family.
Conservation Attention
Medium
Psychrophrynella guillei
Psychrophrynella guillei
Psychrophrynella guillei is a species of frog in the family Craugastoridae.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Psychrophrynella illimani
Psychrophrynella illimani
Psychrophrynella illimani is a rare species of frog in the family Craugastoridae.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Psychrophrynella kallawaya
Psychrophrynella kallawaya
Psychrophrynella kallawaya is a rare species of frog in the family Craugastoridae.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Psychrophrynella saltator
Psychrophrynella saltator
Psychrophrynella saltator is a rare species of frog in the family Craugastoridae.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Eleutherodactylus poolei
Eleutherodactylus poolei
Eleutherodactylus poolei, or Poole’s robber frog, is a Critically Endangered member of the the Eleutherodactylidae family and is endemic to Haiti.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Nganha Night Frog
Astylosternus nganhanus
Nganha night frog is only known from five specimens and therefore very little is understood about their behaviour and ecology.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Alexteroon jynx
Alexteroon jynx
Alexteroon Jynx is a species of frog that is endemic to Cameroon.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Palawan Eastern Frog
Alcalus mariae
The Palawan Eastern frog is known only from Mount Balabag, in the Mantalingajan mountain range, on the island of Palawan and a range of just 788 km²!
Conservation Attention
Low
Madagascar Frog
Mantidactylus pauliani
The Critically Endangered Madagascar frog was described in 1974, but was not recorded again for over 40 years until 2010.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Nyingwa Caecilian
Scolecomorphus uluguruensis
The Nyingwa Caecilian (also known as the Uluguru black caecilian) has a very distinct breeding behaviour which is rare for amphibians.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Oreobates zongoensis
Oreobates zongoensis
Oreobates zongoensis is only known from the holotype (a single specimen upon which the description and name of a new species is based) in January 1996.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Cave Squeaker
Arthroleptis troglodytes
The cave squeaker frog has not been seen since 1962, where 16 individuals were found and it was discovered as a new species.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Bale Mountains Frog
Ericabatrachus baleensis
This once numerous species has only been sighted three times since 1986, and has not been found at the place it was originally found, despite repeated surveys.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Kottigehar Dancing Frog
Micrixalus kottigeharensis
The Kottigehar Bush Frog is only known from the type locality; Kottigehar, Kadur and from a recently discovered population at Bhadrea, India
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Symington’s Robber Frog
Eleutherodactylus symingtoni
The Critically Endangered Symington’s robber frog is endemic to the Caribbean island of Cuba.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Phytotriades auratus
Phytotriades auratus
Recent genetic and behaviour analysis of the taxonomic relationship between other tree frogs and the golden tree frogs has provided evidence for it to be placed in a separate genus known as Phytotriades, where this is the sole member and therefore monotypic.
Conservation Attention
Low
Amani Forest Frog
Parhoplophryne usambarica
Parhoplophryne is a monotypic frog genus, meaning that Parhoplophryne usambarica is the sole species in this genus.
Conservation Attention
Low
Tiny Squeaker Frog
Arthroleptis kidogo
Anthroleptis kidogo is an incredibly small species, with adults reaching less than 1.5cm!
Conservation Attention
Low
Overlooked Squeaker Frog
Arthroleptis kutogundua
Arthroleptis kutogundua is only known from a single specimen, collected in 1930.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Montane Robber Frog
Craugastor lineatus
The montane robber frog is found in both Mexico and Guatemala, living in lower montane evergreen forests.
Conservation Attention
Medium
Monzón’s Moss Salamander
Cryptotriton monzoni
Monzón’s moss salamander is a Critically Endangered amphibian endemic to Guatemala, but very little is known about this species as it was only discovered in the late 1990s.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
El Rincon Stream Frog
Pleurodema somuncurense
The Critically Endangered El Rincon stream frog exists on a single plateau in Argentinian Patagonia. Though temperatures in the region often plummet below freezing, the frog avoids the cold by spending its life in streams whose waters are heated by permanent thermal springs.
Conservation Attention
Low
Paramo Andes Frog
Pristimantis simonsii
The Critically Endangered Paramo Andes frog is endemic to Peru and can only be found in one region near Cajamarca.
Conservation Attention
Medium
Lendu Plateau Clawed Frog
Xenopus lenduensis
The Lendu Plateau clawed frog is a species endemic to The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Taita Hills Warty Frog
Callulina dawida
The Taita warty frog is endemic to Kenya, where it is found only in the severely fragmented montane forests in Taita Hills.
Conservation Attention
Low
Tsingymantis antitra
Tsingymantis antitra
Tsingymantis antitra is the sole species in Tsingymantis, meaning this is a monotypic genus.
Conservation Attention
Low
Nsoung Long-fingered Frog
Cardioglossa trifasciata
The Nsoung long-fingered frog is a small grey, black and blue species that lives along high altitude mountain streams that run through shrub and montane forest vegetation.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Guibemantis diphonus
Guibemantis diphonus
Guilbemantis diphonus is only known from two male individual specimens, originally found in the Manomba Special Reserve in Madagascar, where it is endemic.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Yellowbelly Voiceless Treefrog
Charadrahyla altipotens
The yellowbelly voiceless treefrog has not been recorded since the 1960s.
Conservation Attention
Low
Spine-fingered Treefrog
Charadrahyla trux
The Spine-fingered treefrog appears to have undergone a severe decline, and it has not been recorded in recently attempts to locate it leading to fears that this species is extinct.
Conservation Attention
Low
Cuban Dwarf Robber Frog
Eleutherodactylus albipes
The Critically Endangered Cuban dwarf robber frog is a small species, reaching around only 3 cm long, and the females are larger than the males!
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Casillon Robber Frog
Eleutherodactylus parapelates
The Critically Endangered Casillon robber frog is a fossorial species, meaning that it is adapted to digging and life underground.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
Dendrotriton chujorum
Dendrotriton chujorum
Dendrotriton chujorum is a Critically Endangered bromeliad salamander that is endemic to Guatemala, found in the northern regions of the Sierra de los Cuchumatanes.
Conservation Attention
Very Low
