No trace of 17 amphibian species can be found in the Costa Rican jungles any more; they all seem to have disappeared. The scientists fear that they have been wiped out by climate change.
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This suspicion is cued from the alarmingly plummeting numbers of monkey and reptile populations in the jungle concluded to have been led by global warming.
Spelling extinction, only five of the amphibian species were found only in Costa Rica. The Golden Toad -- named for its shimmering yellow color -- and two Harlequin frog varieties -- identified by their black and green stripes - are among the species that have recently gone extinct.
With the disappearance of the amphibians found to have begun decades ago, scientists are also blaming a fatal fungus that has invaded their habitats. And, the scientists believe that climate change leading to a rise in temperatures has triggered this skin fungus enter the places where the amphibians resided.
Astounding a fact that about a third of the 5,743 known frog species, along with that of toads and other amphibians classified as threatened, is kicking up fears among biologists and conservationists that amphibian die-off is a 'harbinger of things' to come in the tropical forests of Costa Rica, known to be biologically rich.
Unfortunately, it is us and our activities leading to global warming that are wiping out three animal or plant species every hour, as per the United Nations said at the International Day for Biological Diversity.
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