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starry night toad

‘Rediscovered’ toad was known to Colombian locals for decades

Brian Owens · December 12, 2019 ·

A critically endangered harlequin toad, known as the starry night toad, has been documented by biologists for the first time since 1991 in the mountains of Colombia. But unlike other such stories of “rediscovered” species, this one was never really lost – the local Arhuaco people knew exactly where the toad, which they call “gouna”, […]

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