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The toad that is still there

Many harlequin toad populations vanished from the Americas in a few seasons. In the San Blas stream they are still counted, one by one.

Konsenda · 2026-08-23 · San Blas Mountain

The toad that is still there

Atelopus is a genus that lost entire species to a fungus that attacks amphibian skin. Where populations remain, counting them is not paperwork: it is the data.

Monitoring happens in the morning, upstream, recording each individual. There is no show. There is a notebook, a team that knows every rock, and the discipline of coming back season after season.

Guests who want to can come along. It is not a scripted tour: it is the work being done that day, with someone else watching.