Quote Originally Posted by demon amphibians View Post
what i have read is that chyrtid fungus is what produces the bacteria that causes red leg it isn't the fungus itself. Many documentary's and sources that i have read use the term red leg as a nick name. And where red leg comes from is the internal hemorrhaging which causes the frogs legs to bruise and turn red. But it not only occurs in the legs it will be all over the under part of the frog. If starvation doesn't kill the frog first the internal bleeding will. Now i have heard of other bacterial infections that do cause the frogs legs to turn red but it is not from internal bleeding. poor water quality from my understanding can cause both infections....

Please take a look at links provided by Lynn & myself and will see they are two different diseases with separate causal agents and deaths. Chytrid is a fungus that attacks the frogs keratinized layers on adult skin and tadpoles mouth. A frog that has a compromised immune system due to fungus enzymes or deteriorated skin functions could also suffer from additional maladies to include a Red Leg bacterial attack. However; until research proves otherwise, fungal Chytrid and bacterial Red Leg are not related and work independent of each other .