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The Lost Frogs
Research teams are fanning out across the globe in search of frogs that haven't been seen in at least a decade.
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The Omaniundu Reed frog was rediscovered 300 kilometers west of the locality where it was first found in an extremely remote area of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Jos Kielgast)
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The Cave Splayfoot salamander, which was last seen the year it was discovered in 1941, was spotted again 70 years later by Sean Rovito in the caves of Durango, Hidalgo Mexico. (Sean Rovito)
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Ivory Coast scientist N'Goran Kouame rediscovered the Mt. Nimba Reed frog in a swampy field in Danipleu, a village near the Liberia border. (N'Goran Kouame)
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Last seen in 1989, the Costa Rican Native Golden toad went from abundant to extinct in a little over a year. (Conservation International)