Chytrid Infections Exhibit Historical Spread and Contemporary Seasonality in a Declining Stream-Breeding Frog

August 26, 2024

The endangered foothill yellow-legged frog (Rana boylii) inhabits a wide geographic area and variable conditions in rivers of California and Oregon (USA) and, like many amphibian species, is threatened by the pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Its broad distribution makes it difficult…