amphibians

Across mainland Europe, a number of exotic reptiles and amphibians have been accidentally discovered, particularly in potted olive trees:

The expedition also found a new species of dwarf squirrel, eight types of fish, three amphibians and 10 types of butterfly.

The highlighting process now finally works in amphibians.

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.