Question

Is the golden frog extinct?

Answer 1

Critically Endangered

Population decreasing

Answer 2

The Panamanian golden frog (Atelopus zeteki) is a species of toad endemic to Panama.[3] Panamanian golden frogs inhabit the streams along the mountainous slopes of the Cordilleran cloud forests of west-central Panama.[4] While the IUCN lists it as critically endangered,[1] it may in fact have been extinct in the wild since 2007.[5][6] Individuals have been collected for breeding in captivity in a bid to preserve the species. The alternative common name, Zetek's golden frog, and the epithet zeteki both commemorate the entomologist James Zetek.