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News Release 10-123
Frog Killer Caught in the Act
Incidence of a lethal infectious disease moves at a rate of 30 kilometers per year
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The Panamanian golden frog has declined by 88 percent from the disease.
Credit: Andrew Crawford
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Amphibians at El Cope, Panama, have been devastated by the incidence of an infectious disease that advances at a rate of about 30 kilometers per year.
Credit: Nicolle Rager Fuller, National Science Foundation
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A Panama marsupial frog is shown being "swabbed" for the presence of the microscopic fungus.
Credit: Andrew Crawford
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Jars of dead frogs are shown, all killed by the fast-moving infectious disease.
Credit: Karen Lips
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A dead golden frog decomposes on a mossy boulder in El Cope, Panama.
Credit: Forrest Brem
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