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      Rare Frog Species Bear the Brunt of Chytrid, a Deadly Fungal Disease

      Hope for frog conservation got bleaker with a recent study showing that fungus-associated extinction is reducing amphibian biodiversity in Central America

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      Rare Frog Species Bear the Brunt of Chytrid, a Deadly Fungal Disease
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      Rare Frog Species Bear the Brunt of Chytrid, a Deadly Fungal Disease

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      • SURVIVAL EVEN FOR RESISTANT FROGS COULD BE FLEETING The lemur leaf frog ( Hylomantis lemur ), pictured here, disappeared from all of the sites that Lips surveyed. H. lemur lives in moist areas where the chytrid-causing fungus thrives... ROBERTO BRENES
      • RARE FROGS ARE AMONG THE FIRST TO GO The banded horned tree frog ( Hemiphractus fasciatus ), pictured here, became extinct at all three of the sites where they were detected prior to chytrid's arrival. As the fungus spreads southeast through Central America, at a rate of tens of kilometers per year, the authors fear that it will continue to destroy H... ROBERTO BRENES
      • THE RED-EYED TREE FROG HANGS ON Species such as the red-eyed tree frog ( Agalychnis callidryas ), pictured here, seem to be relatively abundant despite the presence of the disease. In contrast, rarer species were more likely to disappear, leading to loss of frog biodiversity across the region... SANDRA P. GALEANO
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