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Publisher
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists did a field survey of boreal toads, a state endangered species, at Zimmerman Lake, Larimer County, CO. Each toad caught was check for the chytrid fungus, which attacks amphibians by destroying their skin, disrupting their immune systems and causing heart failure as a way to assess the health of the boreal toad population. The biologists collect the toads eggs to be hatched to restock in locations other locations...
Publisher
Colorado Parks and Wildlife
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists did a field count of boreal toads, a state endangered species. Each toad caught was check for the chytrid fungus, which attacks amphibians by destroying their skin, disrupting their immune systems and causing heart failure as a way to assess the health of the boreal toad population. The biologists collect the toads eggs to be hatched to restock in locations in southwest Colorado to reestablish the population...