in 1966, and the last sighting of the species was made in 1989. The toad,
showcased by its brilliant golden orange colorization, was native to the
tropical cloud forests which surround Monteverde, Costa Rica.
Their extinction symbolizes a large scale decline in amphibian numbers worldwide
over the last several decades, which has likely been caused by global warming
and climate change. In fact, famed Australian biologist Tim Flannery has
described the extinction of the Golden Toad to be the first demise of a species
due primarily to global warming.
