Pictures: Saving threatened frogs

Hand-feeding a sick Hyloscirtus colymba tree frog
Hand-feeding a sick Hyloscirtus colymba tree frog.

The Panama Amphibian Rescue and Conservation Project is racing to save amphibians as the deadly chytrid fungus spreads down Central America. The disease is presently between Panama City and Colon.

Juvenile Atelopus certus
Juvenile Atelopus certus.

Pristimantis species
Pristimantis species.

Undescribed Pristimantis species
Undescribed Pristimantis species.

Undescribed Pristimantis species
Juvenile Atelopus certus.

Atelopus limosus
Atelopus limosus.

More photos to come. All photos by Rhett A. Butler

Author: Mongabay

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