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Giant jewels and spray toads: The world's rarest species

By Andy Coghlan

2 November 2009

�鶹��ý. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine. — The Kihansi spray toad is thought to be extinct in the wild.
(Image: Tim Herman)

More species than ever before are facing extinction according to the latest from the International Union for the Conservation of Nature.

Gallery: Giant jewels and spray toads: The world’s rarest species

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