The golden toad was a true toad that once thrived in a small high altitude cloud forest region of about four square kilometers near Monteverde, Costa Rica. First described in 1966, it became widely regarded as the emblem of the global amphibian decline crisis after the last confirmed sighting of a single male in 1989, and the IUCN declared it extinct in 2004.
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Source Golden Toad (Wikidata)
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Source Wikipedia: Golden toad
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Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Incilius periglenes accountGeographic RangeQuote, Geographic Range
The golden toad once occupied a small area of 4 km2 of elfin cloud forest on the Cordillera de Tilaran in northern Costa Rica.
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1. Wikipedia: Golden toad
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It was endemic to elfin cloud forest.
- Category: Fauna listed on CITES Appendix I
Description
The golden toad was declared extinct by the IUCN Red List in 2004.
- In Biome: Cloud Forest, Wikipedia intro: "ilometres (1.5 mi2) in an area north of the city of Monteverde, Costa Rica. It was endemic to elfin cloud forest. Also called the Monte Verde toad, Alajuela toa..."
View the Source2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Incilius periglenes account
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyEconomic Importance for Humans: PositiveQuote, Economic Importance for Humans: Positive
The golden toad is most important to the scientific world.
3. Golden Toad (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q320632 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): extinct.
- Child Taxon Of: Bufonidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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