
‘Rediscovered’ toad was known to Colombian locals for decades
By Brian Owens Biologists thought the starry night toad was extinct in ColombiaPhoto courtesy of Fundación AtelopusA critically endangered harlequin toad, known as the starry night toad, has been documented by biologists for the first time since 1991 in the mountains of Colombia. But unlike other such stories of “rediscovered” species, this one was never…