Happy news! Glad to share,,,,,
This video is called Panamanian Golden Frog – Atelopus varius zeteki.
From Wildlife Extra:
Extinct Costa Rican frog rediscovered
Extinct frog makes a comeback
November 2013: According to a paper published inAmphibia-Reptilia, a critically endangered harlequin toad believed to be extinct has been found breeding in a tract of highland forest in Costa Rica. Atelopus varius, known as the ‘Halloween frog’ because of its striking orange and black markings, was once quite common from central Costa Rica to western Panama. However, the population began to collapse from the 1980s onwards – probably caused by the spread of the deadly chytrid fungus that has killed off many amphibians around the world.
Considered extinct by 1996, there was a brief flicker of hope for the Halloween frog in 2004, when a population was discovered in south western Costa Rica. However, subsequent studies failed to find any more…
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