The Bank's notion of Development vs. the Kihansi Spray Toad, Nectophrynoides asperginis. The toad is now extinct, save for a few thousand specimens clinging to life in mist-filled tanks at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo, and at the Toledo Zoo. The New York Times details scientists' struggle on behalf of this minute, mustard-colored species, as well as the plight of amphibia around the world.
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