Frogs are endangered

Kiss of Chytrid 2009-2010 | Acrylic, Resin, Powder and Steel | 64 x 64 x 36 cm We are witnessing a mass extinction of Amphibia. An exotic fungus called Chytrid is delivering the blow. Chytrid is now reported on all continents where frogs live - in 43 countries. It survives at elevations from sea level to 20,000 feet. Locally it may be spread by anything from a frog’s leg to a bird’s feather and it has afflicted over 200 species. Gone from the wild are the Costa Rican golden toad, the Panamanian golden frog, the Wyoming toad, the Australian gastric-brooding frog. In a 2007 paper, Australian researcher Lee Berger and colleagues put it this way: “The impact of Chytrid on frogs is the most spectacular loss of vertebrate biodivers