Cotopaxi eruption could drive an emblematic frog species to extinction.

September 7, 2015.

A possible eruption of Cotopaxi volcano could drive to extinction the Quito rocket frog (rana cohete de Quito), an emblematic species of the city. This frog is Critically Endangered according to the IUCN Red List and survives only in a small area on the banks of the Río Pita, 30 km from Quito. The…