There does seem to be a wider problem for *all* amphibians, globally. Aren't they the most endangered group of vertebrates? Possibly a combination of accelerated climate change, pollution and loss of habitat ....
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Originally Posted by Captain Kev
I'd like to see the Monteverde"Golden toad" from Costa Rica, Central america, now thought to be extinct, they disappeared quite suddenly, it'd be great to rediscover them though.
I've been to the Monteverde cloud forest and have seen the story first hand, so can appreciate the scientists sheer helplessness involved, from a place that is virtually untouched and a place that is studied extensively by scientists and ecologists yet a creature like this can disappear so suddenly right from under our noses. It puts a point across, just how fragile nature can sometimes be.
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