Overview of the conservation status of Australian Frogs
Author(s)
Hero, JM
Morrison, C
Gillespie, G
Roberts, JD
Newell, D
Meyer, E
McDonald, K
Lemckert, F
Mahony, M
Osborne, W
Hines, H
Richards, S
Hoskin, C
Clarke, J
Doak, N
Shoo, L
Griffith University Author(s)
Year published
2006
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A review of the current conservation status of Australian amphibians was recently completed as part of a World Conservation Union (IUCN) sponsored Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA). Fifty of 216 amphibian species (23%) in Australia are now recognized as threatened or extinct in accord with IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Here we report on the categories and criteria under which individual species qualified for listing and provide a summary of supporting information pertaining to population and distribution declines. Major threatening processes contributing to listing of species are also reviewed.A review of the current conservation status of Australian amphibians was recently completed as part of a World Conservation Union (IUCN) sponsored Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA). Fifty of 216 amphibian species (23%) in Australia are now recognized as threatened or extinct in accord with IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria. Here we report on the categories and criteria under which individual species qualified for listing and provide a summary of supporting information pertaining to population and distribution declines. Major threatening processes contributing to listing of species are also reviewed.
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Journal Title
Pacific Conservation Biology
Volume
12
Issue
4
Copyright Statement
© 2006 Surrey Beatty & Sons Pty Ltd. Self-archiving of the author-manuscript version is not yet supported by this publisher. Please use the hypertext link above to access the journal's website or contact the author for more information.
Subject
Environmental sciences
Biological sciences
Agricultural, veterinary and food sciences