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Action	Effectiveness	Studies	Category
Captive breeding frogs Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	34	Synopsis Link
*Captive breeding harlequin toads (Atelopus* species)** Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	6	Synopsis Link
Captive breeding Mallorcan midwife toads Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	3	Synopsis Link
Captive breeding salamanders (including newts) Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	8	Synopsis Link
Captive breeding toads Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	12	Synopsis Link
Freeze sperm or eggs for future use Action Link	Unlikely to be beneficial	10	Synopsis Link
Head-start amphibians for release Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	25	Synopsis Link
Release captive-bred amphibians Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	1	Synopsis Link
Release captive-bred frogs Action Link	Likely to be beneficial	11	Synopsis Link
Release captive-bred green and golden bell frogs Action Link	Likely to be ineffective or harmful	4	Synopsis Link
Release captive-bred Mallorcan midwife toads Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	4	Synopsis Link
Release captive-bred salamanders (including newts) Action Link	Unknown effectiveness (limited evidence)	1	Synopsis Link
Release captive-bred toads Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	5	Synopsis Link
Use artificial fertilization in captive breeding Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	4	Synopsis Link
Use hormone treatment to induce sperm and egg release during captive breeding Action Link	Trade-off between benefit and harms	17	Synopsis Link

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