A species of treefrog that was three years from being declared extinct was found in July in the tropical northeast of Australia. A local university Ph.D. candidate, Robert Puschendorf, along with volunteer researchers stumbled upon the armoured mistfrog (Litoria lorica ) while surveying a related species near Mareeba , Queensland. The researchers thought they were catching a similar torrent treefrog ( Litoria nannotis ), until they examined a specimen more closely. The Associated Press reported that PCR lab results showed that the mistfrogs were not unaffected by the devastating chytridiomycosis , a pandemic disease affecting almost all frog species. Remarkably, they may actually be immune to fatal effects of the fungal infection. Puschendorf plans to publish a paper on the new findings of this Lazarus species .
A species of that was three years from being declared extinct was found in July in the tropical northeast of Australia. A Ph.D. candidate, Robert Puschendorf, along with volunteer researchers stumbled upon the ( ) while surveying a related species near , Queensland. The researchers thought they were catching a similar torrent treefrog ( ), until they examined a specimen more closely. The Associated Press reported that lab results showed that the mistfrogs were not unaffected by the devastating w|chytridiomycosis , a pandemic disease affecting almost all frog species. Remarkably, they may actually be immune to fatal effects of the infection. Puschendorf plans to publish a paper on the new findings of this .
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