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Puerto Rican crested toad reproduces after rains brought by Tropical Storm Karen

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The Department of Natural and Environmental Resources announced a reproductive event of the Puerto Rican crested toad was recorded in the Guánica Dry Forest following the rains brought to the region by Tropical Storm Karen. This is the first event documented in the last two years since Hurricane Maria. The Puerto Rican crested toad is an endangered species.

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Tadpoles from endangered toad are sent to Puerto Rico

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SAN FRANCISCO — More than 4,000 tadpoles reproduced in California were sent to Puerto Rico as part of a program to restore the Puertorrican multicolor toad that was thought extinct.

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Endangered crested toad tadpoles sent to Puerto Rico

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SAN FRANCISCO — Más de 4,000 renacuajos reproducidos en California fueron enviados hoy, jueves, en un avión de pasajeros a Puerto Rico como parte de un programa para restablecer un sapo multicolor de la isla que alguna vez se pensó que estaba extinto.

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700 crested toad tadpoles were released into protected areas

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The Department of Natural Resources and Environment released 700 crested toad tadpoles into protected areas.

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Arts and sciences come together to save the endemic crested toad

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Several organizations and institutions have joined efforts to educate about the conservation efforst to preserve the endagered endemic crested toad.

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US Zoo send thousands of "sapo concho" tadpoles to Puerto Rico

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The Nashville (Tennessee) Zoo will send 3,774 "sapo concho" tadpoles to Puerto Rico to help increase the number of this endemic specie in danger of extintion.

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Call to reconsider Construction Council's plan for the northern Karst

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The conservation organization Citizens of the Karst (CDK) invited the Construction Council to reconsider their position and join the majority of Puerto Rican society in their efforst of protecting the northern Karst. 

 

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