Preserved Frogs Hold Clues to Deadly Pathogen (IMAGE)

Yale University

Preserved Frogs Hold Clues to Deadly Pathogen

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The frog being swabbed is a Golden Toad (Cranopsis periglenes) of Monteverde, Costa Rica. The species is extinct as a result of a lethal Bd infection.

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Michael Hrdlicka

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