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Lötters, Stefan; Plewnia, Amadeus; Catenazzi, Alessandro; Neam, Kelsey; Acosta-Galvis, Andrés R.; Alarcon Vela, Yesenia; Allen, Joshua P.; Alfaro Segundo, Juan O.; de Lourdes Almendáriz Cabezas, Ana; Alvarado Barboza, Gilbert; Alves-Silva, Kleiton R.; Anganoy-Criollo, Marvin; Arbeláez Ortiz, Ernesto; Arpi Lojano, Jackeline D.; Arteaga, Alejandro; Ballestas, Onil; Barrera Moscoso, Diego; Barros-Castañeda, José D.; Batista, Abel; Bernal, Manuel H.; Betancourt, Esteban; da Cunha Bitar, Youszef Oliveira; Böning, Philipp; Bravo-Valencia, Laura; [...]

Ongoing harlequin toad declines suggest the amphibian extinction crisis is still an emergency

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  • Media type: E-Article
  • Title: Ongoing harlequin toad declines suggest the amphibian extinction crisis is still an emergency
  • Contributor: Lötters, Stefan; Plewnia, Amadeus; Catenazzi, Alessandro; Neam, Kelsey; Acosta-Galvis, Andrés R.; Alarcon Vela, Yesenia; Allen, Joshua P.; Alfaro Segundo, Juan O.; de Lourdes Almendáriz Cabezas, Ana; Alvarado Barboza, Gilbert; Alves-Silva, Kleiton R.; Anganoy-Criollo, Marvin; Arbeláez Ortiz, Ernesto; Arpi Lojano, Jackeline D.; Arteaga, Alejandro; Ballestas, Onil; Barrera Moscoso, Diego; Barros-Castañeda, José D.; Batista, Abel; Bernal, Manuel H.; Betancourt, Esteban; da Cunha Bitar, Youszef Oliveira; Böning, Philipp; Bravo-Valencia, Laura; [...]
  • imprint: Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2023
  • Published in: Communications Earth & Environment
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-01069-w
  • ISSN: 2662-4435
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  • Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>Biodiversity loss is extreme in amphibians. Despite ongoing conservation action, it is difficult to determine where we stand in overcoming their extinction crisis. Among the most threatened amphibians are the 131 Neotropical harlequin toads. Many of them declined since the 1980s with several considered possibly extinct. Recently, more than 30 species have been rediscovered, raising hope for a reversing trend in the amphibian extinction crisis. We use past and present data available for harlequin toads (<jats:italic>Atelopus</jats:italic>), to examine whether the amphibian extinction crisis is still in an emergency state. Since 2004 no species has improved its population status, suggesting that recovery efforts have not been successful. Threats include habitat change, pathogen spread and climate change. More mitigation strategies need implementation, especially habitat protection and disease management, combined with captive conservation breeding. With harlequin toads serving as a model, it is clear that the amphibian extinction crisis is still underway.</jats:p>
  • Access State: Open Access