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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Christina Larson

Amphibians are the world's most vulnerable species and threats are increasing

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The world’s frogs, salamanders, newts and other amphibians remain in serious trouble.

A new global assessment has found that 41% of amphibian species that scientists have studied are threatened with extinction, meaning they are either vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered. That’s up from 39% reported in the last assessment, in 2004.

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