In pictures: IUCN Red List of threatened species 2004
Falling amphibs

The IUCN's - The World Conservation Union's - annual Red List logs those species at greatest risk of becoming extinct - such as the harlequin toad (Atelopus varius).

This amphibian from Costa Rica and Panama is now Critically Endangered.

It has been hit hard by a fungal disease called chytridiomycosis. (Image: R.Puschendorf)

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