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About one third of all amphibian species are at risk of extinction. Scientists don’t know what species still exist and which may be gone forever. Over the next year and a half herpetologists will travel to 20 different countries in search of lost frog spe
Roughly a third of all amphibians are at risk of extinction. Scientists don’t know what species still exist and which need better protection. Over the next year and a half, a team of researchers will travel to 20 different countries in search of frog species that haven’t been seen for at least a decade. Conservation International herpetologist Robin Moore tells host Jeff Young about some of the unusual species of missing frogs.