Frog Wiped Out by Disease Returns to the Wild With the Help of ‘Frog Spas’ and ‘Frog Saunas’ This beautiful amphibian is being reintroduced to wetlands around Australia’s capital of Canberra after suffering a population collapse due to chytrid fungus. Called the green and golden bell frog, these animals were bred in captivity and will be released in groups of 15 into ponds and wetlands having been immunized against a disease caused by […] The post Frog Wiped Out by Disease Returns to the Wild With the Help of ‘Frog Spas’ and ‘Frog Saunas’ appeared first on Good News Network.

Frog Wiped Out by Disease Returns to the Wild With the Help of ‘Frog Spas’ and ‘Frog Saunas’: This beautiful amphibian is being reintroduced to wetlands around Australia’s capital of Canberra… @goodnewsnetwork.org #FrogConservation #AmphibianAwareness #Biodiversity #WildlifeRehab #ChytridFungus

Chytrid Fungus Linked To American Bullfrog Trade, New Study Says - Reptiles Magazine The International trade of bullfrogs, which began in the 1920s for the food trade may have been the cause of the disparate Bd lineages that occur around the world.

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis came from the bullfrog leg trade, and not the African clawed frog, study says #bullfrog #xenopus #Americanbullfrog #xenopuslaevis #amphibians #chytridfungus reptilesmagazine.com/chytrid-fung...

Chytrid fungal infections in alpine toads proliferate during winter dormancy
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Endangered frog daddies transported 7,000 miles to ‘give birth’ to young | CNN Eleven endangered male frogs that traveled 7,000 miles in a bid to save their species from extinction have “given birth” to 33 froglets at London Zoo.

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🐍 #Darwinsfrog #chytridfungus #zoointervention #Chile #Londonzoo

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Oh dear. That's bad news for #Chytridfungus detection :(
"Imperfect pathogen detection from non-invasive skin swabs biases disease inference" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/2041-210X.12... #conservationbiology #frogs @jodirowley @jo_ocock