Talk:Panamanian golden frog

Conservation status

The IUCN still lists Atelopus zeteki as "Critically Endangered".[1] It is general practice to wait a number of years after a species has last been reliably reported in the wild before declaring it extinct. The reports that Atelopus zeteki is extinct in the wild seem to be based on the on the removal of all remaining specimens from one location. There is, of course, no guarantee that all individuals of the species were removed from that location, and no guarantee that other wild populations do not still exist. -- Donald Albury 21:58, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

I concur, and have reverted to critically endangered. --TeaDrinker (talk) 00:06, 4 May 2008 (UTC)

Nope. On some headlines not too long ago, it states that it has become extinct in the wild. The only way that I think that it will come back is if someone happens to use a captive breeding program. Do you agree with that? CMonster95 (talk) 22:35, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, I'm not sure what the best scientific approach is for their recovery, however my thinking is if we say we're getting information from IUCN, we should go with their rating--critically endangered. Previously we cited IUCN, but said extinct in the wild. That is, to my mind, inaccurate. --TeaDrinker (talk) 15:24, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Panamanian_golden_frog&action=edit&section=new

الموقع حلو جدااااااا بس انا ممكن اعرف ان ازاى انقرضت (ما اسباب انقراضها،وما العوامل التى ساعدت على انقراضعا...) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.235.78.92 (talk) 20:54, 28 December 2011 (UTC)

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Picture of the day

The Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki) is a rare species of toad endemic to Panama. First described by Emmett Reid Dunn in 1933, this species was found close to mountain streams on the eastern side of the Tabasará mountain range in Coclé and Panamá Provinces, but is now critically endangered and possibly extinct in the wild.Photograph: Brian Gratwicke

Population

about 25 Golden Frogs exist in the world, that's not many is it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.214.252.40 (talk) 14:30, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

Peer Review

I really enjoy reading the part about how golden frog hear and orient sound direction and communicate through waving, but I think it will be better if the author can create a separate category as communication and put the predation part in another title called protective coloration and behavior. Besides the predation avoiding behavior talked in the entry, I think the author can also include what are the common predator of this kind of frog and how they coevolve. I also recommend the author include a category about diet because it is not mentioned in any parts of the entry. The diet is also related to its conservation such as how people are feeding and rearing them in captivity. The author can include another category focus on the microbiome living on the surface of the frog. The author talked about how significant number of bacteria living on its skin retained, but I think a lot more can be elaborated such as why this happen and what effect does the bacteria have on the frog. Yunfeng Ge (talk) 01:14, 23 September 2022 (UTC)