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Thousands of amphibian species are at risk.Frogs, toads, salamanders, and thousands of other amphibians are under increasing threat of extinction, with populations in alarming decline amidst climate change and environmental destruction., which reports that 41 percent of amphibian species worldwide — or nearly 2,900 — are "globally threatened," meaning that they are either vulnerable, endangered, or critically endangered.
Furthermore, their dependency on both aquatic and terrestrial environments means they're doubly hard-hit by habitat loss and disruptions, "such as storms and floods and droughts," and climate shifts like "changes in moisture, changes in temperatures, sea level rise, fires," Neam explained at a press conference, as quoted byClimate change is only one culprit, although it is undoubtedly exacerbating some of the others.
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