Golden Frog (IMAGE)

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Golden Frog

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Researchers studied microbial communities on the skin of Panamanian golden frogs to learn more about amphibian disease resistance. Panamanian golden frogs live only in captivity. Continued studies may help restore them back to the wild.

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B. Gratwicke/Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

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