GC4BXP9 Traditional Cache Extinct Animal: Golden Toad
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: poolsharkycat @ | Hide Date: 05/11/2013 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 17.543 W104° 18.601 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
The Golden toad, also referred to as the Monteverde toad or the Orange toad, was a true toad endemic to the cloud-covered tropical forests of Costa Rica. The beautiful amphibian disappeared from the Earth's ecosystem in 1989. The extinction of Golden toad is believed to be a part of the large-scale decline of amphibian population owing to sudden climate change triggered by global warming. Among the other factors held responsible for the sudden extinction of the toad species, the prominent ones are fungal epidemic which swiped out the amphibian population and unusual warm dry climate, which led to early evaporation of pools even before the tadpoles matured.
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10 Logs: Found it 10  

Found it 06/29/2019 By mcmwest


Caching in the Kiowa area today with my partner mcmm1. Signing logs as mcm or team mcm . Thanks to the catchers who placed these here and those who have helped keep them up.

Found it 06/29/2019 By mcmm1
Tftc

Found it 05/04/2019 By ladditude
The "fourth was with us" on this beautiful Colorado spring day. We visited and found 30 caches, this was one of them. Thanks to all the owners for placing and maintaining these for us to enjoy. It was lovely here today... rolling green grasslands, lots of barns and windmills, and many horses, goats, sheep, even llamas were seen. TFTC SL

Found it 04/23/2019 By gnome_goddess
Quick find!

Found it 03/08/2019 By BearAdair
Snow day, so catching up on logs.

Found this fun little series with animjason while we were in the area. I love impromptu caching adventures.

Thanks poolsharkycat! Logged Extinct Animal: Golden Toad from a ninth galaxy using c:geo!

~ Geocache Find #213 ~

Found it 09/06/2018 By feelthebern
Found it

Found it 07/25/2018 By JCs Girl
Last cache of this series for me today. I got 38 caches; enough to earn the final Hidden Creatures World Turtle souvenir, yay! JC had a good time with me today; she's snoozing beside me as I log today's caches. I am tired, too. TFTC.

Found it 07/06/2018 By Kroozer
Quick find as I was passing through. Signed log. Thanks for the cache!

Found it 05/08/2018 By robespierre50
Headed out this way on a nice day to rack up some caches. All good here. tftc sl

Found it 05/06/2018 By Cache Dipper
Quickie Thanks.
Learned these containers twist in wind and come apart. Replaced.