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Another main threat is the Israeli systematic destruction of the Palestinian environment,
which is inflicted by the Israeli occupation forces, and it has been affecting the whole
ecosystem in Palestine since many decades.
Table 1: Status of Amphibians in Occupied Palestine and the Palestinian territories
(West Bank and Gaza Strip).
Species

Status

Habitat

Salamandra maculosa
infraimmaculata

Endangered

Wetlands

Triturus vittatus

Endangered

Wetlands

Bufo viridis

Common/
Endangered

Terrestrial

Hyla arborea savignyi

Rare

Wetlands and
Forests

Rana ridibunda

Endangered

Wetlands

Rana esculenta

Endangered

Wetlands

Pelobates syriacus

Endangered

Terrestrial

Discoglossus
nigriventer

Extinct

Wetlands

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