Toughie (frog)

Toughie (frog)

Hatch year is unknown, he was an adult by 2005

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{{Short description|Last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (2005-2016)}}
{{Short description|Last known Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog (died 2016)}}
{{Infobox animal
{{Infobox animal
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| name = Toughie
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'''Toughie''' (2005 – September 26, 2016) was the [[endling|last known living]] [[Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog]].{{cite news |last=Schultz |first=Isaac |date=March 12, 2023 |title=These Lonely Animals Were the Last of Their Kind |url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2023/03/these-lonely-animals-were-the-last-of-their-kind/ |work=[[Gizmodo]] |location= |access-date=June 26, 2023}}{{cite magazine |last=Daley |first=Jason |date=October 4, 2016 |title=Adiós, Toughie: The Last Known Rabb's Fringe-Limbed Tree Frog Dies in Atlanta |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/adios-toughie-last-rabbs-fringe-limbed-tree-frog-dies-atlanta-180960671/ |work=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |location= |access-date=June 26, 2023 |quote=Since his discovery in 2005, Toughie the frog has been the face of amphibian extinction}} The species, scientifically known as ''Ecnomiohyla rabborum'', is thought to be [[extinction|extinct]], as the last specimen—Toughie—died in captivity on September 26, 2016.{{cite news |author=Bo Emerson |title=Rare frog goes extinct, despite Atlanta's rescue efforts |url=http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/news/rare-frog-goes-extinct-despite-atlantas-rescue-eff/nsgkt/ |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=28 September 2016 |access-date=28 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161011040027/http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/news/rare-frog-goes-extinct-despite-atlantas-rescue-eff/nsgkt/}}
'''Toughie''' was the [[endling|last known living]] [[Rabbs' fringe-limbed treefrog]].{{cite news |last=Schultz |first=Isaac |date=March 12, 2023 |title=These Lonely Animals Were the Last of Their Kind |url=https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2023/03/these-lonely-animals-were-the-last-of-their-kind/ |work=[[Gizmodo]] |location= |access-date=June 26, 2023}}{{cite magazine |last=Daley |first=Jason |date=October 4, 2016 |title=Adiós, Toughie: The Last Known Rabb's Fringe-Limbed Tree Frog Dies in Atlanta |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/adios-toughie-last-rabbs-fringe-limbed-tree-frog-dies-atlanta-180960671/ |work=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] |location= |access-date=June 26, 2023 |quote=Since his discovery in 2005, Toughie the frog has been the face of amphibian extinction}} The species, scientifically known as ''Ecnomiohyla rabborum'', is thought to be [[extinction|extinct]], as the last specimen—Toughie—died in captivity on September 26, 2016.{{cite news |author=Bo Emerson |title=Rare frog goes extinct, despite Atlanta's rescue efforts |url=http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/news/rare-frog-goes-extinct-despite-atlantas-rescue-eff/nsgkt/ |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=28 September 2016 |access-date=28 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161011040027/http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/news/rare-frog-goes-extinct-despite-atlantas-rescue-eff/nsgkt/}}


==Captivity==
==Captivity==