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The passage below has 15 proofreading mistakes. Use the proofreading marks to correct those mistakes. We did the first one for you.

^ Insert a punctuation mark, such as a period, comma, or quotation

= Make a lowercase letter into a capital letter.

[begin strikethrough]adn[end strikethrough] This word is misspelled or used incorrectly. Cross it out. Write the correction above it.

In 2010, scientists were searching for a long-lost toad species in a rainforest in =colombia, but they stumbled upon three new frog species instead.

"It is reassuring to know there are many species out there still to be discovered" says Robin Moore. He was part of the team that made the findings.

The frogs was found during a larger effort to locate "lost" amphibians.

The experts spent five months searching in 21 countries in central america, south america, africa, and asia. Why the focus on amphibians about 40 percent of amphibians is threatened with extinction by disease pollution, and the loss of habitats. We need to act now to protect these very rare and highly threatened creatures, Moore says.

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ANSWER

1. change colombia to Colombia

2. add comma after discovered

3. ...