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The Eungella torrent frog (Taudactylus eungellensis).
In Queensland, Australia, catastrophic population declines in the mid-1980s pushed the Eungella Torrent Frog, Taudactylus eungellensis, to the verge of extinction. Surviving populations have now been shown to persist with stable endemic infections of the pathogenic chytrid fungus that is thought to have caused the frogs' decline. (See Retallick, et al.)
Image Credit: Photograph provided by Richard Retallick, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America
Citation: (2004) PLoS Biology Issue Image | Vol. 2(11) November 2004. PLoS Biol 2(11): ev02.i11. https://doi.org/10.1371/image.pbio.v02.i11
Published: November 30, 2004
Copyright: © 2004 Richard Retallick. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
In Queensland, Australia, catastrophic population declines in the mid-1980s pushed the Eungella Torrent Frog, Taudactylus eungellensis, to the verge of extinction. Surviving populations have now been shown to persist with stable endemic infections of the pathogenic chytrid fungus that is thought to have caused the frogs' decline. (See Retallick, et al.)
Image Credit: Photograph provided by Richard Retallick, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America