Alan Pounds, who has studied the disappearance of 20 species of frogs and toads in the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve, notes that “extreme patterns of daily precipitation... immediately preceded the collapse and disappearance of many amphibian populations, including the endemic golden toad. ”
Alan Pounds, yang telah meneliti lenyapnya 20 spesies kodok dan katak di Cagar Hutan Awan Monteverde, mengomentari bahwa ” tak lama setelah pola curah hujan harian yang tidak teratur... banyak populasi amfibi merosot bahkan lenyap, termasuk kodok emas yang khas di sini ”.