Amphibians are perhaps the most threatened of all animal groups. A new reason for extinction apart from environmental change and habitat loss is under consideration – infectious diseases.
In 2008, 32 % of amphibian species were listed as threatened or extinct. The EU-funded PARAFROGS (Emerging protist parasites of frogs: global prevalence and host/parasite interaction) project has investigated one possible reason for the mass mortality events (MMEs).
Further details: Worldwide research on frog extinction