(Introduced) Bullfrog linked to fungus spread

Don't mess with Mother Nature...it can be very costly.--Dictynna

By Rebecca Morelle
BBC News science reporter

An invasive frog species may be implicated in the spread of a fungus linked to global amphibian decline, research indicates.

Scientists writing in the journal Biology Letters found that non-native North American bullfrog populations routinely carry the chytrid fungus.

The deadly fungus has been implicated in many amphibian extinctions.