Learn about frogs recently extinct Rabbs

Despite trying to conserve the frog Rabbs species, the last frog of the amphibian finally died.

Despite trying to conserve the frog Rabbs species, the last frog of the amphibian finally died.

Frog Rabbs (Ecnomiohyla rabborum) is the latest animal to be extinct when the last frog of this species died.

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The frog of the last Rabbs died in 2009.

This is a fairly large frog that lives in the canopy forest in central Panama, first discovered in 2005. In 2009, this amphibian species was listed as an extremely species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) emergency. The individual frog, the last Rabbs, died in 2009. The other two individuals are all male. However, a male individual died in 2012, while the last male died in 2016.

They have brown skin with small spots. It can glide with large footprints. Males often live on the ground and protect the water pit for reproduction. He also takes care of the young, providing food for them.This is the only frog that tadpoles eat their father's skin cells.

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Rabbs frogs are threatened with extinction due to deforestation and especially due to climate change.

The main Rabbs are names given to honor conservationists and reptiles and amphibians George B. Rabb, and Mary S. Rabb. Rabbs frogs are threatened with extinction due to deforestation and especially due to climate change , causing fungal and disease outbreaks to thrive, killing the majority of frogs.

Update 16 December 2018
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