amphibians
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A 2023 analysis of roughly 8,000 amphibian species found that two out of five are threatened with extinction, making amphibians the most endangered group of vertebrates.
From Science Daily • Mar. 9, 2026
Those amphibians are endangered due to habitat loss.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2026
Dr. Marc Jones, a curator of fossil reptiles and amphibians who co authored the research, notes that the Eocene was marked by major climate shifts worldwide.
From Science Daily • Dec. 31, 2025
The findings also suggest that the transition of reptiles and amphibians into marine environments began earlier than scientists once thought and may have started even before the end-Permian mass extinction.
From Science Daily • Dec. 30, 2025
In the fourth grade he started a herpetology club, for anyone interested in toads, frogs, snakes, and various other amphibians and reptiles.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
