Noun
golden toad (plural golden toads)
Incilius periglenes, an extinct toad of the cloud forests of Costa Rica.
The golden toad was the first documented victim of global warming. We had killed it with our profligate use of coal-fired electricity and our oversize cars just as surely as if we had flattened its forest with bulldozers. It was as if, having experienced it, we did not recognize what happiness was. Tim Flannery
If it is encountered by the snake's head, however, the toad hops away before crouching defensively. citation Distribution and conservation status seeAlso Golden toad (Bufo periglenes) – last seen in 1989. Source: Internet