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Judi Lynn

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Fri Sep 12, 2014, 04:21 AM Sep 2014

Lost frogs: finding the world's rarest amphibians – in pictures

Lost frogs: finding the world's rarest amphibians – in pictures


In Search of Lost Frogs is the story of conservationist and photographer Robin Moore’s journey from Colombia to Costa Rica and Israel to India to find lost species, a quest he embarked upon – later joined by 126 researchers in 21 countries – in 2010. He has founded the Amphibian Survival Alliance and is a fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers. The expedition and its discoveries give hope that it is still not too late to save some species, and they are all remarkable as is illustrated by Moore’s stunning photographs here

theguardian.com, Thursday 11 September 2014 06.29 EDT


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Cuchumatan golden toad, Incilius aurarius, from the Cuchumatanes mountains of Guatemala. The toad, discovered in
2012, was photographed during a search for the lost Jackson’s climbing salamander
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http://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2014/sep/11/lost-frogs-finding-the-worlds-rarest-amphibians-in-pictures

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Lost frogs: finding the world's rarest amphibians – in pictures (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2014 OP
Can a frog be sad? That one certainly appears so. Live and Learn Sep 2014 #1

Live and Learn

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1. Can a frog be sad? That one certainly appears so.
Fri Sep 12, 2014, 04:50 AM
Sep 2014

I love all the pictures and the frog's plights sadden me.

That pink salamander looks like something in a cartoon. Amazing.

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