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Portrait of an eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) at the San Francisco State University.

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Portrait of an eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) at the San Francisco State University.

A marsupial frog (Gastrotheca pseustes) at a captive breeding at Pontificia Universidad Catolica in Quito, Ecuador. (IUCN: EN)

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A marsupial frog (Gastrotheca pseustes) at a captive breeding at Pontificia Universidad Catolica in Quito, Ecuador. (IUCN: EN)

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A care taker holds up a specimen of Gastrotheca pseutes at a captive breeding at Pontificia Universidad Catòlica in Quito, Ecuador. (IUCN: EN)

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Portraits of Hyloscirtus pantostictus at a captive breeding at Pontificia Universidad Catòlica in Quito, Ecuador. This is an endangered frog. This is the only one in captivity and it could be extinct in the wild. (IUCN: EN)

Picture of a Oophaga sylvatica, the "little devil poison frog" at a captive breeding facility at Pontificia Universidad Catolica in Quito, Ecuador.

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Oophaga sylvatica, the “little devil poison frog” at a captive breeding facility at Pontificia Universidad Catolica in Quito, Ecuador. The species is being heavily affected by habitat loss.

Ceratophrys stolzmanni, the Pacific horned frog, an endemic burrowing species at the captive breeding facility in Quito, Ecuador. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

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Ceratophrys stolzmanni, the Pacific horned frog, an endemic burrowing species at the captive breeding facility in Quito, Ecuador. (IUCN: Vulnerable)

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Extinct species of amphibians at Pontificia Universidad Catòlica in Quito, Ecuador. Many have gone extinct in the last decade or less.

A rare male Atelopus frog is swabbed for chytrid fungus by a scientist near Limon, Ecuador.

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A rare male Atelopus frog is swabbed for chytrid fungus by a scientist near Limon, Ecuador.

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Pristimantis sp. photographed at Reserva Las Gralarias, Ecuador.

Ornate horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) at the Tennessee Aquarium.

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Ornate horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata) at the Tennessee Aquarium.

Critically endangered (IUCN) lemur leaf frogs (Hylomantis lemur) at Zoo Atlanta. This male and female frog are in amplexus, a state in which the male latches onto the female prior to egglaying and fertilization.

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Critically endangered (IUCN) lemur leaf frogs (Hylomantis lemur) at Zoo Atlanta. This male and female frog are in amplexus, a state in which the male latches onto the female prior to egglaying and fertilization.