China's Red List of Biodiversity: Vertebrates, Volume 4: Amphibians (2-Volume Set)

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Language: Bilingual in English and Chinese

This red data book is divided into two parts: the general theory and the individual entries. The general introduction introduces the evolutionary history and status of amphibians, their diversity and protection status in China, the classification system and evaluation objects of this Red List, and the distribution pattern and protection status of amphibians in China. It furthermore introduces the evaluation process that is the basis of the Red List, the evaluation level and standards of the country, the establishment of the database, and the process of conducting preliminary evaluations, communication reviews, and forming evaluation reports. It then continues to summarize and analyze the evaluation results, introduce the threatened status of amphibians in China, and introduced the extinction, regional extinction and threatened species. The analysis was carried out to clarify the distribution status of threatened species in provincial administrative regions and their distribution and regularity at different altitudes, and to elaborate on the risk factors of amphibians, and to compare the status of threatened amphibians in China with the IUCN red list. Finally, the first part summarizes and reviews the effectiveness and prospects of the protection of amphibians in China, as well as the significance of the compilation and research behind this red list. The second volume contains the species monographs, which are the main body of the book. This covers 475 Chinese amphibian species and gives related information, including taxonomic status, evaluation information, geographic distribution, population status, habitat and ecosystem, threat factors, protection levels and protection actions, and related documents.

Summary in Chinese:
《中国生物多样性红色名录：脊椎动物 第四卷 两栖动物（上册）》是“中国生物多样性红色名录：脊椎动物”的“第四卷两栖动物”，《中国生物多样性红色名录：脊椎动物 第四卷 两栖动物（上册）》分为总论和各论两部分。总论介绍了两栖动物的演化历史与现状、中国两栖动物多样性与保护现状、本红色名录的分类系统与评估对象，以及我国两栖动物的分布格局与保护状况；介绍了红色名录评估过程、依据的评估等级和标准；介绍了数据库的建立，以及开展初评、通讯评审、形成评估报告的过程；总结分析了评估结果，介绍了中国两栖动物受威胁状况，对灭绝、区域灭绝物种和受威胁物种进行了分析，阐明了受威胁物种的省级行政区分布状况及其在不同海拔的分布和规律，对两栖动物致危因素进行了详细论述，并将中国受威胁两栖物种状况与《IUCN受威胁物种红色名录》进行了比较。*后，总结和评述了中国两栖动物的保护成效、远景，以及《中国生物多样性红色名录：脊椎动物 第四卷 两栖动物（上册）》的编研意义。各论是图书的主体，对评估的475种中国两栖动物物种的相关信息，包括分类地位、评估信息、地理分布、种群状况、生境与生态系统、威胁因子、保护级别与保护行动及相关文献进行了详细叙述。

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