@article{01HNZK8VG2XK30SVCS60E403KD,
  abstract     = {{Biodiversity loss is extreme in amphibians. Despite ongoing conservation action, it is difficult to determine where we stand in overcoming their extinction crisis. Among the most threatened amphibians are the 131 Neotropical harlequin toads. Many of them declined since the 1980s with several considered possibly extinct. Recently, more than 30 species have been rediscovered, raising hope for a reversing trend in the amphibian extinction crisis. We use past and present data available for harlequin toads (Atelopus), to examine whether the amphibian extinction crisis is still in an emergency state. Since 2004 no species has improved its population status, suggesting that recovery efforts have not been successful. Threats include habitat change, pathogen spread and climate change. More mitigation strategies need implementation, especially habitat protection and disease management, combined with captive conservation breeding. With harlequin toads serving as a model, it is clear that the amphibian extinction crisis is still underway.

The status of the harlequin toads has not improved since 2004 despite species rediscoveries accompanied by increasing conservation efforts, and habitat destruction and degradation continue to threaten them today, according to an analysis of population status records over the period 2004-2022.}},
  articleno    = {{412}},
  author       = {{Loetters, Stefan and  Plewnia, Amadeus and  Catenazzi, Alessandro and  Neam, Kelsey and  Acosta-Galvis, Andres R. and  Alarcon Vela, Yesenia and  Allen, Joshua P. and  Alfaro Segundo, Juan O. and  Almendariz Cabezas, Ana de Lourdes and  Alvarado Barboza, Gilbert and  Alves-Silva, Kleiton R. and  Anganoy-Criollo, Marvin and  Arbelaez Ortiz, Ernesto and  Arpi Lojano, Jackeline D. and  Arteaga, Alejandro and  Ballestas, Onil and  Barrera Moscoso, Diego and  Barros-Castaneda, Jose D. and  Batista, Abel and  Bernal, Manuel H. and  Betancourt, Esteban and  da Cunha Bitar, Youszef Oliveira and  Boening, Philipp and  Bravo-Valencia, Laura and  Caceres Andrade, Jose F. and  Cadenas, Diego and  Chaparro Auza, Juan Carlos and  Chaves-Portilla, Giovanni A. and  Chavez, German and  Coloma, Luis A. and  Cortez-Fernandez, Claudia F. and  Courtois, Elodie A. and  Culebras, Jaime and  De la Riva, Ignacio and  Diaz, Vladimir and  Elizondo Lara, Luis C. and  Ernst, Raffael and  Flechas, Sandra V. and  Foch, Thibaut and  Fouquet, Antoine and  Garcia Mendez, Carmen Z. and  Garcia-Perez, Juan Elias and  Gomez-Hoyos, Diego A. and  Gomides, Samuel C. and  Guerrel, Jorge and  Gratwicke, Brian and  Guayasamin, Juan M. and  Griffith, Edgardo and  Herrera-Alva, Valia and  Ibanez, Roberto and  Ivan Idrovo, Carlos and  Monge, Andres Jimenez and  Jorge, Rafael F. and  Jung, Alisha and  Klocke, Blake and  Lampo, Margarita and  Lehr, Edgar and  Lewis, Carrie H. R. and  Lindquist, Erik D. and  Lopez-Perilla, Yeny R. and  Mazepa, Glib and  Medina-Rangel, Guido F. and  Merino Viteri, Andres and Mulder, Kevin and  Pacheco-Suarez, Mauricio and  Pereira-Munoz, Andry and  Perez-Gonzalez, Jose Luis and  Pinto Erazo, Maria Alejandra and  Pisso Florez, Adolfo Gustavo and  Ponce, Marcos and  Poole, Vicky and  Quezada Riera, Amanda B. and  Quiroz, Aaron J. and  Quiroz-Espinoza, Michelle and  Ramirez Guerra, Alejandro and  Ramirez, Juan P. and  Reichle, Steffen and  Reizine, Hugo and  Rivera-Correa, Mauricio and  Roca-Rey Ross, Bernardo and  Rocha-Usuga, Andres and  Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut and  Rojas Montano, Sintana and  Roessler, Daniela C. and  Rueda Solano, Luis Alberto and  Senaris, Celsa and  Shepack, Alexander and  Siavichay Pesantez, Fausto R. and  Sorokin, Anton and  Teran-Valdez, Andrea and  Torres-Ccasani, Grecia and  Tovar-Siso, Pablo C. and  Valencia, Lina M. and  Velasquez-Trujillo, David A. and  Veith, Michael and  Venegas, Pablo J. and  Villalba-Fuentes, Jeferson and  von May, Rudolf and  Webster Bernal, Juan F. and  La Marca, Enrique}},
  issn         = {{2662-4435}},
  journal      = {{COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT}},
  keywords     = {{BUFONIDAE,CLIMATE,DISEASE,FROGS,ANURA}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{8}},
  publisher    = {{Springernature}},
  title        = {{Ongoing harlequin toad declines suggest the amphibian extinction crisis is still an emergency}},
  url          = {{http://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-023-01069-w}},
  volume       = {{4}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}

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