Golden toad

Golden toad
Male golden toad

Extinct (1989)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Family: Bufonidae
Genus: Incilius
Species:
I. periglenes
Binomial name
Incilius periglenes
(Savage, 1966)
Synonyms

Bufo periglenes
Cranopsis periglenes
Ollotis periglenes

The golden toad (Incilius periglenes) is an extinct species of true toad that was once abundant in a small, high-altitude region of about 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi) in an area north of the city of Monteverde, Costa Rica.[3] It was endemic to elfin cloud forest.[4] Also called the Monte Verde toad, Alajuela toad and orange toad, it is commonly considered the "poster child" for the amphibian decline crisis.[5] This toad was first described in 1966 by herpetologist Jay Savage.[3] The last sighting of a single male golden toad was on 15 May 1989, and it has since been classified as extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).[1]

  1. ^ a b Savage, J., Pounds, J. & Bolaños, F. (2008). Incilius periglenes. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T3172A9654595.en
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b Jay Savage (1965). "An extraordinary new toad from Costa Rica". Revista de Biología Tropical. 14: 153–167. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2009-01-13.
  4. ^ Pounds, J. Alan; Crump, Martha L. (1994). "Amphibian declines and climate disturbance: The case of the golden toad and the harlequin frog". Conservation Biology. 8 (1): 72–85. doi:10.1046/j.1523-1739.1994.08010072.x. JSTOR 2386722.
  5. ^ Richards-Hrdlicka, K. L. (2013). "Preserved specimens of the extinct golden toad of Monteverde (Cranopsis periglenes) tested negative for the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)". Journal of Herpetology. 47 (3): 456–458. doi:10.1670/11-243. S2CID 86276805.

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