The toughest toad in town

Mongabay
Mar 15, 2026, 4:09 am111 ptsTrending
Meet our story hero: the admirable red-belly toad. A tiny amphibian found nowhere else on Earth but a small forest patch in southern Brazil. Listed as a critically endangered species, it is capable of amazing things. In 2014, it stopped the construction of a hydroelectric dam that would have destroyed its home.…

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