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Frogs under the spotlight to prevent extinction

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SciDev.net

Publication Date
2015-07-27

Amphibians, such as frogs, are globally threatened. Over the past four decades, many tropical species have begun to disappear from intact natural habitats. In the 1980s alone, for example, 40 per cent of Costa Rica’s amphibians disappeared. Other Latin American countries are experiencing similar declines. Scientists still struggle to understand exactly why this is happening, referring to it as ‘enigmatic decline’.

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