Captive breeding introduced infectious disease to Mallorcan amphibians

Monday, September 22, 2008 - 16:21 in Biology & Nature

A potentially deadly fungus that can kill frogs and toads was inadvertently introduced into Mallorca by a captive breeding programme that was reintroducing a rare species of toad into the wild, according to a new study published today in the journal Current Biology.

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