A Glimpse of What We've Lost: 10 Extinct Animals in Photos
In many ways the Golden Toad is an iconic species when it comes to extinction. Only described to science in 1966, and once abundant in a 30 square mile area of the cloud forest above Monteverde, Costa Rica, none of the 2" long toads have been sighted since the 15th of May 1989. The reason for sudden extinction is not conclusively known, but habitat loss and chytrid fungus are the likely culprits.
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