World’s RAREST Toad Found! NEW SPECIES?

The most destructive disease ever known to science is raging through the Amazon, killing thousands, and leaving a trail of extinction in its wake. While many have already succumbed to this deadly pathogen, there may be survivors that possess a cure to ending this devastating pandemic.….but without active preservation, we might very well lose their secrets as well.

On this episode, Mark and the crew will join a scientific mission and journey deep into the Amazon in an attempt to discover a new species of harlequin toad, before it’s too late.

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The specimen of Atelopus aff spumarius taken to Centro Jambatu was collected with the permit MAE-ARSFC-2019-0163 by authorized people, and transported with the mobilization guide No. 455 given by the Ministry of Environment. Toads were handled by experts in amphibians.