Malformed frog (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Malformed frog

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A deformed Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla). The parasite Ribeiroia ondatrae infects amphibians like this frog and can cause limb malformations.

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Pieter Johnson/University of Colorado Boulder

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