Emanuele Biggi / Andean frog (Bryophryne cophites) dead from chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) Cusco region, Peru.

Emanuele Biggi / Abra Acanacu marsupial frog (Gastrotheca excubitor) dying due to heart attack caused by Chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) Peru.

Solvin Zankl / Scientist Marco Favelli holding Tyrrhenian Painted Frog (Discoglossus sardus) taking samples for Chytridiomycosis disease testing from frog skin using a cotton swab. Sardinia, Italy, April 2009.

Solvin Zankl / Tadpoles of the Majorcan midwife toad (Alytes muletensis) in lab being treated against chytridiomycosis. The procedure takes five days before the animals can be released back into their natural habita...

Solvin Zankl / Tadpoles of the Majorcan midwife toad (Alytes muletensis) which have been captured in the wild to be treated against the amphibian desease chytridiomycosis. The procedure takes five days before the an...

Solvin Zankl / Scientist Susan Walker holding Majorcan midwife toad (Alytes muletensis) taking sample using cotton swab for testing for Chytridiomycosis disease. Torrent de s'Esmorcador, Majorca, Spain, April 2009.

Solvin Zankl / Dr. Trent Garner holding a chytrid-infected Tyrrhenian Painted Frog (Discoglossus sardus), Sardinia, Italy, April 2009.

Solvin Zankl / English-Italian research team searching for the Green toads (Bufo viridis) and Sardinian tree frog or Tyrrhenian tree frog (Hyla sarda) to get samples for Chytridiomycosis disease testing Lake Coghina...