The Animal Sensemaker

Can the Harlequin toad stage a comeback?

The Animal Sensemaker

Show Notes

Harlequin toads lit up the jungles of South and Central America with their dazzling colours, until they began to vanish – but some of these tough little toads are bouncing back…

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