Apr 19, 2025
Krishna KakaniAmphibians: An Extinction 45000 Times Faster Than Normal
Amphibians, a class of vertebrates that includes frogs, are going extinct faster than any other group.
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The disappearance is taking place up to 45,000 times more quickly than the background extinction rate.
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The baseline is the average of normal circumstances in the fossil record and excludes mass extinctions.
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Currently, the Sixth Mass Extinction event, and the only one not driven by natural causes, is underway.
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Just under 41 percent of all amphibian species accessed globally face extinction threats of some level.
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39 percent of all frog and toad species, and salamanders are threatened by climate change and loss of habitat.
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The Panamanian golden frog and the golden toad are a few of many iconic species lost in ongoing lifetimes.
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