The Amphibian Assessment Process

Background to Amphibians on the IUCN Red List Global Amphibian Assessment (GAA) Partnership between IUCN, CI and NatureServe Initiated in 2001 Concluded first global assessment in 2004 with the publication of results in and Stuart et al. (2004) Science paperwww.globalamphibians.org 5,743 amphibian species assessed phased out to avoid confusion GAA coordinating team dissolved in 2008

IUCN SSC Amphibian Red List Authority (Amphibian RLA) implemented in 2009 to take over the role of the GAA coordinating team Background to Amphibians on the IUCN Red List

The Red List assessment process Unreviewed Assessment Checked, reviewed assessments Assessors Reviewed Assessment Within IUCN Outside IUCN Specialist Groups, Red List Authorities Global Biodiversity Assessment projects Regional projects Regional/national assessments (endemic species) Other assessors Red List Authorities Peer review process Reviewers One needed for every assessment Checked, reviewed assessments IUCN Red List Unit

Amphibian RLA Restructuring the membership: Currently 21 Tier I RLAs Interns

Other important changes Citation of assessments Assessors: IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (ASG) and other organized groups/organizations Reviewers: Reviewer names, typically members of the Amphibian RLA and/or members of the IUCN Species Programme Contributors: A list of all the people, past and present, who have contributed to the assessment as experts, listed in alphabetical order (by first name) Facilitators/compilers: A list of current facilitators compilers, listed by alphabetical order (first name) E.g. South African Frog Re-assessment Group (SA-FRoG) & IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group Anhydrophryne ngongoniensis. In: IUCN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version Downloaded on 20 March

Goals and objectives To make the Amphibians on the Red List database self-sustaining To continue to work on updating amphibian assessments, including new assessments and reassessments To adopt several strategies for updates (one-on- one, workshops and online discussion forums) To increase local and regional capacity with regards to the IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria To decentralize the global assessment process and empower regional/national groups to take stewardship of their endemic species (e.g. South Africa)

For more information Amphibian Specialist Group and RLA On the GAA Or contact Ariadne Angulo or Jennifer Luedtke