As the one year anniversary of the Haitian earthquake rolls around, a sign of healing emerges in the rediscovery of six frog species previously thought to be extinct.

Inspired by The Lost Frogs Initiative, this update comes from Conservation International:

"It was incredible", said Dr. Moore. "We went in looking for one missing species and found a treasure trove of others. That, to me, represents a welcome dose of resilience and hope for the people and wildlife of Haiti."

With large-scale deforestation leaving the country less than two-percent of its original forest cover and degrading most of the fresh water ecosystems Haitians depend on, the cloud forests of the southwest mountains stand as two of the last remaining pockets of environmental health and natural wealth in Haiti. In fact, the Massif de la Hotte has been highlighted by the Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) as the third-highest site-level conservation priority in the world, with 15 endemic amphibian species found there and nowhere else.

"A common assumption about Haiti is that there is nothing left to save", said Moore, who also documents his findings as a photographer with the International League of Conservation Photographers (iLCP). "That is not entirely true. There are biologically rich pockets intact, despite tremendous environmental pressures. Haiti now has the opportunity to design their reconstruction plans around these pockets, and grow them, so they can more effectively act as natural buffers to climate change and natural disasters."

For frog fans, the list of rediscovered species are; Hispaniolan Ventriloquial Frog (Eleutherodactylus dolomedes), last seen in 1991; Mozart's Frog (E. amadeus), last seen 1991; La Hotte Glanded Frog (E. glandulifer), last seen 1991; Macaya Breast-spot frog (E. thorectes), last seen 1991; Hispaniolan Crowned Frog (E. corona), last seen 1991; Macaya Burrowing Frog (E. parapelates), last seen 1996 .