Livescience.com (Utah, USA) May 28th, 2010 08:43 AM: Newfound Frog Species Threatened by Deadly Fungus
Two previously unknown species of frog identified in Panama in areas threatened by chytrid fungus.
Two previously unknown frog species have been identified from two sites in Panama, and they are already under threat from the deadly fungus that has wiped out many amphibian species and is poised to threaten many more.
Researchers recognized that frogs (and other amphibians) around the world were dying off in large numbers in 1989. The cause: a deadly fungus called chytridiomycosis that is thought to kill its victims by clogging their skin, essentially suffocating them.
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