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Nearly 600 scientists from 60 countries collaborated in the Global Amphibian Assessment. First produced in 2004, the study assessed the conservation status of the world's 5,918 known amphibian species and concluded that nearly 1,896 amphibian species are threatened. This constitutes one-third (32 percent) of the world’s amphibian species. As many as 165 amphibian species may already be extinct. At least 43 percent of all amphibian species have populations declining in size, so more are likely to become threatened with extinction in the near future