The Lost Frogs

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)

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)

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)

Last seen in 1989, the Costa Rican Native Golden toad went from abundant to extinct in a little over a year. (Conservation International)

The Rio Pescado Stubfoot toad was most likely a victim of the fungus, Chytridiomycosis. (Luis Coloma/frogever.com )

The female Gastic Brooding frog swallows her eggs, raises tadpoles in her stomach and gives birth to froglets through her mouth.

The Mesopotamia Beaked toad, with its distinctive, pyramid-shaped head, was last seen in Columbia in 1915. (Paula Andrea Romero)

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)

The Scarlet frog was last seen in Venezuela in 1990 in a stream in an isolated forest. (Enrique La Marca)