sentences:  By 1996, "A. varius" was believed to be extinct throughout Costa Rica.However, subsequent surveys carried out by the rainmaker project in 2003 and 2005 rediscovered a population of the endangered frog on the Pacific coastal range near Quepos (IUCN).In Panama, mass mortality has drastically reduced populations of "A. varius" in recent years and it is now believed to be locally extinct (Lips 1999).