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The southern Darwin’s frog (Rhinoderma darwinii) has seen its population fall by 90 per cent in Chile’s Parque Tantauco forests due to the chytrid fungus. This was thought to only spread through water, which the southern Darwin’s frog avoids. However, the Zoological Society London and non-profit group Ranita de Darwin have now found it also spreads through frog-to-frog contact on land, information that could help better protect them.
