Amphibias such as salamander and frogs are the most endangered vertebrate on earth – over a third of them are threatened with extinction. And climate change will probably further tighten this crisis, as researchers now report. Accordingly, heat waves and droughts decimate the amphibian stocks, especially in Madagascar and in the Amazon area, but also right on our doorstep. In Europe, Salamander in particular are the victims.
Whether fire salamanders, arrow poison frog or Axolotl: over 7,000 types of amphibians populate the earth. But it is bad for them. 41 percent of all amphibian species are currently threatened with extinction. This makes them the most threatened vertebrate class in the world. In addition to loss of habitat, diseases and pollution, climate change is also to blame. In the future, this will probably make the amphibian crisis even more aggravated.
Amphibia does not get hot and dry
Forschildren around Evan Twomey from the Goethe University of Frankfurt have now have how strongly climate-related extreme weather events such as heat waves or droughts will affect amphibians
