Its more a slew of factors killing amphibians. Chytrid fungus, pollution, climate change, and they are all interrelated. Pollution makes reproduction numbers worse, climate change, makes diseases (Chytrid Fungus) worse, etc....The Leopard frog has dissappeared from Long Island, where it was the most common frog on Long Island. No one knows why!!! All the other amphibians living in the same habitat are fine. Its really wierd.
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All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
-J.R.R. Tolkien, LOTR, Fellowship of the Ring
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