News Animals New frog-killing disease may not be so new By Susan Milius August 23, 2002 at 6:03 pm - More than 2 years ago Share this:Share Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print A skin disease that savaged frogs and toads on opposite sides of the globe in the 1990s now looks like the killer in mass die-offs 20 years earlier. Chytrid organisms (arrows) show up as rounded pouches in these photos (above and below) of cross sections of amphibian skin.