DYING FROGS IN WESTERN COLOMBIA: CATASTROPHE OR TRIVIAL OBSERVATION?
Vol. 22 No. 82 (1998), Editorial comment
Vol. 22 No. 82 (1998)

DYING FROGS IN WESTERN COLOMBIA: CATASTROPHE OR TRIVIAL OBSERVATION?

Editorial comment
https://doi.org/10.18257/raccefyn.22(82).1998.2881
Published 2024-08-02
John D. Lynch
Profesor Asociado, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Taran Grant
Estudiante pregrado, Departamento de Biología, Universidad del Valle, Cali
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Lynch, J. D., & Grant, T. (2024). DYING FROGS IN WESTERN COLOMBIA: CATASTROPHE OR TRIVIAL OBSERVATION?. Revista De La Academia Colombiana De Ciencias Exactas, Físicas Y Naturales, 22(82), 149–152. https://doi.org/10.18257/raccefyn.22(82).1998.2881
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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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Keywords

Amphibian declines | Andes | Centrolenidae | Hylidae | Leptodactylidae
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