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Global threat to our garden ponds
PETER FROST is worried about a new infection threatening our native amphibians
IN DANGER: A natterjack toad
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A NEW and virulent infection is threatening British frogs, toads and perhaps other amphibians.
After a journey halfway around the globe the severe perkinsea infection (SPI) has been found for the first time in European tree frog tadpoles kept in an aquarium in Surrey.
Severe perkinsea infection has caused the death of huge populations of tadpoles across the United States and researchers also found the disease in wild populations in Panama.
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