Scientists rediscover endangered Andean toad in Ecuador

Mongabay
By Tiffany RoufsJan 30, 2015, 10:17 am68 pts
In 1970 researchers uncovered the Tandayapa Andean toad, previously unknown to science, in the Pichincha Province of Ecuador. Given that only a single individual was discovered, even after further exploration in the following years, the toad was soon presumed to be extinct. Forty-two years later, however, a…

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