Tragic Planet » Panama http://tragicplanet.org Reporting on what we are doing to our only planet... Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:52:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 New Species of Frogs Disappearing as Fast as They’re Found http://tragicplanet.org/2010/07/20/new-species-of-frogs-disappearing-as-fast-as-they%e2%80%99re-found/ http://tragicplanet.org/2010/07/20/new-species-of-frogs-disappearing-as-fast-as-they%e2%80%99re-found/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:52:01 +0000 sduford http://tragicplanet.org/?p=424 New species of frogs in Panama are being lost nearly as fast as they are being found to a deadly fungal disease that is sweeping through the region.In an effort to document the diversity of frogs in Central America before the disease sweeps through the entire region, scientists are discovering new species, some of which are going extinct, and some of which are surviving.In Panama’s Omar Torrijos National Park, 11 new species of frogs were discovered in the course of the long-term survey. After the fungus epidemic in 2004, five of these species went locally extinct, but only one of them is thought to have no other known habitats.

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]]> http://tragicplanet.org/2010/07/20/new-species-of-frogs-disappearing-as-fast-as-they%e2%80%99re-found/feed/ 0 The Golden Frog of Panama http://tragicplanet.org/2009/12/27/the-golden-frog-of-panama/ http://tragicplanet.org/2009/12/27/the-golden-frog-of-panama/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 17:22:58 +0000 sduford http://tragicplanet.org/?p=288 The Golden Frog of Panama.

The cute little Golden Frog was a national symbol of Panama. It fell victim of the chytrid fungus which wiped it out in 2007.

The Panamanian golden frog declared extinct by BBC Natural History crew

Thankfully Panamanian authorities along with several zoos around the world were able to collect a few specimens to start a breeding program and preserve the species until a cure is found.

Houston Zoo makes golden effort to save iconic frog

маси и столовеProject Golden Frog

 
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