Figure 8.5
Current coverage of those amphibian species threatened by over-exploitation for international trade in Appendices I and II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Appendix I of CITES includes species threatened with extinction (trade permitted only when the purpose of the import is not commercial); Appendix II includes species not necessarily threatened with extinction, but for which trade must be controlled in order to avoid utilization incompatible with their survival. The Global Amphibian Assessment revealed 99 amphibian species that are adversely impacted by exploitation for the international trade, including 35 species that are globally threatened. Currently, only 36 of these species (16 of the globally threatened species) are listed on Appendices I or