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Andes
Centrolenidae
Hylidae
Leptodactylidae
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Abstract
The encounter of dead or dying frogs of seven cloud forest species in July 1997 during an unusually dry period in the Serranía de los Paraguas could be an indication of a collapse of a rich fauna. Subsequent study suggests that the populations are healthy and that the observations are trivial.
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