amphibia

List of recently extinct amphibians

English or local nameScientific nameRangeLast seen
Vogl’s harlequin toadAtelopus vogliVenezuela1960s ?
Golden toadIncilius periglenesCosta Rica1989
McCranie’s robber frogCraugastor chrysozetetesHonduras1989 ?
Wolterstorff’s newtCynops wolterstorffiChina1979 or 1984
Gunther’s streamlined frogNannophrys guentheriSri Lanka1882
Sri Lanka bubble-nest frogPseudophilautus adspersusSri Lanka1886
(Shrub frog)Pseudophilautus dimbullaeSri Lanka20th century ?
Blunt-snouted shrub frogPseudophilautus extirpoSri Lanka1882 ?
Pattipola shrub frogPseudophilautus halyiSri Lanka1899 ?
White-nosed Bush FrogPseudophilautus leucorhinusSri Lanka19th century ?
(Shrub frog)Pseudophilautus malcolmsmithiSri Lanka20th century ?
Southern shrub frogPseudophilautus nanusSri Lanka1869
Sharp-snout pygmy tree frogPseudophilautus nasutusSri Lanka1869
Sharp-snouted shrub frogPseudophilautus oxyrhynchusSri Lanka1872
Farnland shrub frogPseudophilautus rugatusSri Lanka1927
Spurless pygmy tree frogPseudophilautus temporalisSri Lanka1864
Variable bubble-nest frogPseudophilautus variabilisSri Lanka1858
White blotched shrub frogPseudophilautus zalSri Lanka1947
Rumassala shrub frogPseudophilautus zimmeriSri Lanka1927
Leopard bubble-nest frogPseudophilautus pardusSri Lanka1859
Maia bubble-nest frogPseudophilautus maiaSri Lanka1876
Spiny-knee leaf frogPhrynomedusa fimbriataBrazil1898
Ainsworth’s salamanderPlethodon ainsworthiMississippi (USA)1964
Southern gastric- brooding frogRheobatrachus silusAustralia1983
Eungella gastric-brooding frogRheobatrachus vitellinusAustralia1985
Rabb’s fringe-limbed treefrogEcnomiohyla rabborumPanama2016
Karl’s robber frogEleutherodactylus karlschmidtiPuerto Rico1976
El Empalme worm salamanderOedipina paucidentataCosta Rica1952
Jambato toadAtelopus ignescensEcuadorRediscovered in 2016
Mesopotamia beaked toadRhamphophryne rostrataColombia1914
Mount Glorious day frogTaudactylus diurnusAustralia1979
(Shrub frog)Pseudophilautus eximiusSri Lanka1933
(Shrub frog)Pseudophilautus jacobsoniJava20th century ?
Jalpa false brook salamanderPseudoeurycea exspectataGuatemala1976
Pass stubfoot toadAtelopus senexCosta Rica1986
(Fleshbelly frog)Craugastor myllomyllonGuatemala1978
Splendid poison frogOophaga speciosaPanama1992
Chiriqui harlequin frogAtelopus chiriquiensisCosta Rica, Panama1996
Longnose harlequin frogAtelopus longirostrisEcuadorRediscovered in 2015
Sierra de Omoa streamside frogCraugastor omoaensisHonduras1974
Corquin robber frogCraugastor ancianoHonduras1990
Du Toit’s torrent frogArthroleptides dutoitiKenya1962
Blanco blind salamanderEurycea robustaTexas (USA)1951
Long-tailed minute salamanderThorius longicaudusMexico 1998 ?
Heroic minute salamanderThorius tlaxiacusMexico1976 ?
Overlooked squeaker frogArthroleptis kutogunduaTanzania1930
Vegas valley leopard frogLithobates fisheriNevada (USA)1966
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