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News Release 12-075

Blood Samples Show Deadly Frog Fungus at Work in the Wild

Pathogen leads to dehydration, other ill effects

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Photo of a mountain yellow-legged frog is an amphibian species affected by the chytrid fungus.

The mountain yellow-legged frog is an amphibian species affected by the chytrid fungus.

Credit: USGS


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Aerial photo of the Sixty Lakes Basin of Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada.

Research site: the Sixty Lakes Basin of Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada.

Credit: Vance Vredenburg


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Photo of scientist Vance Vredenburg with one of the frogs he and colleagues study.

Scientist Vance Vredenburg is shown with one of the frogs he and his colleagues study.

Credit: UC Berkeley


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Photo of a pair of mountain yellow-legged frogs in California's Sierra Nevada mountains.

A pair of now-rare mountain yellow-legged frogs in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Calif.

Credit: Vance Vredenburg


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Photo of an adult female mountain yellow-legged frog with a radio belt for tracking.

An adult female mountain yellow-legged frog with a radio belt for tracking.

Credit: Vance Vredenburg


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Photo of a mountain yellow-legged frog sitting on a rock outcrop on the bank of a stream.

Mountain yellow-legged frog: Disease has left it high and dry in its aquatic habitat.

Credit: Bryan Czibesz


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