Five of the amphibian species were found only in Costa Rica, meaning their disappearance from the country’s jungles spells extinction, Reuters reported, citing Alvaro Herrero, a biologist with Costa Rica’s National Biodiversity Institute.
"It is believed climate change is raising temperatures allowing a skin fungus to enter the places where the amphibians resided," he said.
Several studies in recent years have linked the rapid disappearance of many of the world’s frog and toad species to global warming.
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