amphibian

The number of threatened trees now outweighs all threatened birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians put together, according to the latest update to the official extinction red list.

“We focused on amphibians because 41% of the assessed species are threatened, and temperature is an important driver of their extinction,” the authors said.

The report is based on the Living Planet Index of more than 5,000 bird, mammal, amphibian, reptile and fish population counts over five decades.

But the California amphibians are once again in the line of fire and another rescue mission could be in the cards.

And while they prefer to eat fish, amphibians and small mammals, alligators will snap their jaws at anything that comes too close.