Chytridiomycosis is a disease caused by chytrid fungi (such as "Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis" and "Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans") Pictured: A Spencer's tree frog ("Litoria spenceri") being swabbed to check for the disease.
Symptoms include extreme lethargy and shedding of skin, as well cysts within the skin in which the fungal spores grow, and from which they emerge and spread. Interestingly, infected individuals will still try to mate, and it's been suggested that the fungus actually makes their calls more attractive.
(I got no joke, this thing has driven dozens of frog species to extinction worldwide. But there is hope: certain frogs with specific types of bacteria in their skin do seem to be immune. Researchers are hoping to find a way to combat the disease by studying them)
Symptoms include extreme lethargy and shedding of skin, as well cysts within the skin in which the fungal spores grow, and from which they emerge and spread. Interestingly, infected individuals will still try to mate, and it's been suggested that the fungus actually makes their calls more attractive.
(I got no joke, this thing has driven dozens of frog species to extinction worldwide. But there is hope: certain frogs with specific types of bacteria in their skin do seem to be immune. Researchers are hoping to find a way to combat the disease by studying them)