2023-10-04 17:35:59
40% of amphibian species are threatened with extinction, due to habitat destruction and climate change.
Amphibians, a group including frogs, salamanders and Gymnophiones, are by far the most endangered vertebrates in the world. Two out of five species are now in danger of extinction, according to a new inventory coordinated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and published Wednesday in the magazine Nature .
In addition to the destruction of the habitats of these animals, which remains the primary cause of their disappearance, and to diseases, there has been the growing pressure of climate change in recent years. « Amphibians are very sensitive to rising temperatures and drought due to their lack of protection (they have no hair or feathers) and their tendency to evapotranspiration », underlines Jennifer Luedtke, one of the main authors of the study. The increase in extreme events, notably storms and fires, is also fatal. However, amphibians, which depend on water to reproduce, are « incapable…
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