| Killer skin
fungus nails boreal toads
Scientists confirm
a chytrid outbreak killing boreal toads in Colorado, the second cluster
of fungal fatalities in wild U.S. amphibians.
References:
1999. USGS
issues wildlife health alert: Chytrid fungus infection associated with
deaths of threatened boreal toads in Colorado. U.S. Geological Survey
News Release. (Available at http://biology.usgs.gov/pr/newsrelease/1999/9-13.html).
Further Readings:
Milius, S. 1998. Fatal skin fungus found in U.S.
frogs. Science News 154(July 4):7.
Sources:
D. Earl Green
U.S. Geological Survey
National Wildlife Health Center
6006 Schroeder Road
Madison, WI 53711
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 14, October 2, 1999, p. 219. Copyright © 1999,
Science Service. |