According to an updated list of Indian amphibians released on the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), 19 species are treated as critically endangered and 33 species as endangered.
Background:
Since 2009, the scientists of the ZSI in collaboration with other institutes have been updating the Indian amphibian checklist periodically.
The list bears the names of amphibian species from India, the year of discovery and their International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) ‘red list’ conservation status.
In 2009, the total number of species listed was 284. In 2010 it was 311, in 2011 it was 314, in 2012 and 2013 it was 342, in 2015 it was 384 and in 2017 it was 405 species.”
Amphibians List of 2019:
The current list bears the names of 432 amphibian species from India.
Among the amphibians listed, 19 species are treated as critically endangered and 33 species as endangered. The list describes 19% of amphibians as data deficient species and 39% as not assessed by the IUCN.
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