Amphibians at Risk from Ranavirus
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Approximately 200 amphibian species have become extinct since the 1970s .
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature estimates that 34% of the 7,296 known remaining species are at risk.
An emerging disease of frogs and salamanders is ranavirus, a genus of at least seven species within the family Iridoviridae .
Ranavirus can rapidly jump from host to host among fish, amphibians, and reptiles.
Sublethal effects of a mass mortality agent: pathogen-mediated plasticity of growth and development in a widespread North American amphibian, Frontiers in Amphibian and Reptile Science ( 2025 ). DOI: 10.3389 /famrs.2025.1529060 Provided by Frontiers.
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