Species of the Week: Sharp-snouted Day Frog

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EDGE Blog (Zoological Society of London, UK) May 1st, 2012 04:03 AM: Species of the Week: Sharp-snouted Day Frog

With only three individuals reported since 1994, it is possible that the sharp-snouted day frog (Taudactylus acutirostris) is already extinct. This frog was the first species in which the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis was identified, which causes the devastating ‘frog-killing’ disease chytridiomycosis. The sharp-snouted day frog belongs to the Myobatrachidae family, which arose around 100 million [...]
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