Amphibians under threat Support material. Distribution and threat Global diversity of amphibian species

Presentación del tema: "Amphibians under threat Support material. Distribution and threat Global diversity of amphibian species"— Transcripción de la presentación:

1 Amphibians under threat Support material

2 Distribution and threat Global diversity of amphibian species http://www.iucnredlist.org/initiatives/amphibians/analysis/geographic-patterns Global distribution of threatened amphibians

3 RANKCOUNTRYTOTAL SPECIES 1Brazil798 2Colombia714 3Ecuador467 4Peru461 5Mexico364 6Indonesia363 7China 1 333 8Venezuela311 9United States272 10Papua New Guinea376 11India252 12Madagascar242 13Bolivia230 14Australia223 15Congo, D.R.215 16Malaysia212 17Cameroon199 18Panama197 19Costa Rica186 20Tanzania178 Countries with most amphibian species. RANKCOUNTRYTOTAL SPECIES 1Colombia214 2Mexico211 3Ecuador171 4Brazil116 5Peru96 6China 1 92 7Guatemala80 8Venezuela72 9India65 10Madagascar64 =11Costa Rica59 =11Honduras59 13United States56 =14Cameroon53 =14Sri Lanka53 16Tanzania50 =17Panama49 =17Cuba49 =19Australia48 =19Phillipines48 1 The numbers given here for China include the provinces of Hong Kong and Macau, but do not include the province of Taiwan which is listed separately due to its geographic separation from the mainland. Countries with most threatened amphibian species

4 Global climate http://www.climate-charts.com/World-Climate-Maps.html

5 Global temperature changes http://westcoastclimateequity.org/2010/06/02/dr-james-hansen-global-surface-temperature-change-summary/

6 Global rainfall changes http://hawthornevalleyfarm.org/fep/C2.html

7 Population distribution http://www.s-cool.co.uk/a-level/geography/population/revise-it/population-statistics-and-distribution

8 http://www.promedmail.org/direct.php?id=20061027.3077

9 From March 2008 ”Nature” magazine. The story credits D. OLSEN & K. RONNENBERG/USDA FOREST SERVICE for this information. http://frogmatters.wordpress.com/category/chytrid-fungus/page/4/