Strange mouth-brooding frog driven to extinction by disease

Mongabay
By Rhett ButlerNov 21, 2013, 1:40 am75 pts
Two unusual species of mouth-brooding frog were likely driven to extinction by the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), making an unusual example of 'extinction by infection', argue scientists writing in the open-access journal PLOS ONE. Rhinoderma rufum has not been seen in the wild since 1980.

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