Talk:Panamanian golden frog
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[edit] Conservation status
The IUCN still lists Atelopus zeteki as "Critically Endangered".[1] It is general practice to wait a number of years after a species has last been reliably reported in the wild before declaring it extinct. The reports that Atelopus zeteki is extinct in the wild seem to be based on the on the removal of all remaining specimens from one location. There is, of course, no guarantee that all individuals of the species were removed from that location, and no guarantee that other wild populations do not still exist. -- Donald Albury 21:58, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
- I concur, and have reverted to critically endangered. --TeaDrinker (talk) 00:06, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Nope. On some headlines not too long ago, it states that it has become extinct in the wild. The only way that I think that it will come back is if someone happens to use a captive breeding program. Do you agree with that? CMonster95 (talk) 22:35, 6 May 2008 (UTC)
- Well, I'm not sure what the best scientific approach is for their recovery, however my thinking is if we say we're getting information from IUCN, we should go with their rating--critically endangered. Previously we cited IUCN, but said extinct in the wild. That is, to my mind, inaccurate. --TeaDrinker (talk) 15:24, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
