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Scientists Uncover the Most Devastating Disease-Afflicted Biodiversity Loss Known to Science

By Shriya Perati | April 6, 2019

“There are 8,001 frog species known to science, 501 declining plus 90 extinct is 6.5 percent of that diversity. The human population is 7.7 billion people. If you were to take 6.5 percent of the human population that would be 455 million people, more than the population of the US. That’s the impact,” Zamudio said.