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Researchers discover why some frogs have escaped the current amphibian mass extinction
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What happened
The mountain range is home to a remarkable amphibian community of at least 48 species, including 25 found nowhere else on the planet. Amphibians are the most threatened vertebrates on Earth, with 41% of species facing extinction.
In the highlands of Central and South America, a killer fungus has wiped out much of the once-abundant amphibian diversity. Yet in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, an isolated mountain range in northern Colombia, amphibians still thrive.