Chytrid’s frog-killing toll has been tallied — and it’s bad
The invasive fungus has devastated more species than have cats and rats
UNDER THREAT Endangered mossy red-eyed frogs (Duellmanohyla soralia), like this one from Honduras, are among at least 500 amphibian species whose numbers have declined due to chytrid fungal infections, a new tally shows.
Jonathan E. Kolby/ Honduras Amphibian Rescue & Conservation Center
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