It is part of a grim picture overall. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature has found that 32 percent of the world s amphibian species are threatened or extinct, including more than 200 alone in both Mexico and Colombia.

''Everywhere we are seeing declines and it s severe,'' said Jan Zegarra, a biologist based in Puerto Rico for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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