Caribbean's mountain chicken frog on brink of extinction with only 21 left

Updated : Oct 15, 2023 15:19
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Editorji News Desk

Once found widespread across seven Caribbean islands, the mountain chicken frog, is on the verge of complete extinction from the Caribbean.

A series of ecological disasters has reduced its former healthy, stable population of hundreds of thousands of amphibians to a total of 21 frogs, according to a most recent survey.

The rapid and shocking decline of the mountain chicken frog officially named Giant Ditch frog has stunned biologists who believe it is one of the fastest eradications of a wild animal ever recorded.

Wildlife

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