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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 Rio Pescado Stubfoot toad was most likely a victim of the fungus, Chytridiomycosis. (Luis Coloma/frogever.com )
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The female Gastic Brooding frog swallows her eggs, raises tadpoles in her stomach and gives birth to froglets through her mouth.
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The Mesopotamia Beaked toad, with its distinctive, pyramid-shaped head, was last seen in Columbia in 1915. (Paula Andrea Romero)
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This black-and-yellow salamander was last seen in 1975. One of only two known specimens is believed to have been stolen from a California lab in the mid 1970s. (Dave Wake)