Illustration for DAO Special 4, Chytridiomycosis: An emerging disease
The watercolour painting by artist Amanda Hyatt depicts five frogs, Litoria infrafrenata (White Lipped Tree Frog -1), Litoria dahlii (Northern Waterfrog; Dahl's Frog -2), Rana muscosa (Mountain Yellow-Legged Frog - 3), Taudactylus acutirostris (Sharp-Snouted Torrent Frog - 4), and Bufo periglenes (Golden Toad - 5), all of which have been reported to be infected with the chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Of these, Bd has been associated with the extinction of Taudactylus acutirostris; the demise of Bufo periglenes is still being debated.
