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A Model Toadlet

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easuring just a few millimeters long, the pumpkin toadlet is diminutive in size but flamboyant in coloration. This tiny neon creature, which lives on Brazil’s southeast coast, has become a symbol of conservation and protection for the Atlantic Forest, a

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