This may be one of the causes of the worldwide decline in frog populations.
As in most parts of the world, frog populations have declined, probably due to climate change and pollution.
A fungus identified in the last decade seems to be speeding up the death of the worldwide frog population exponentially.
It's possible that the African fungus then started attacking other frog populations, which had no immunity to it.
The deformities in the frog population are a result of the extraordinary stresses thrust upon them by the modern world.
By 1995, the local frog population was wiped out due to overhunting.
But over many decades, pollution, pesticides and agriculture have crippled the frog population in France.
A killer virus may be destroying frog populations in southern England.
Interactions between ultraviolet-B radiation and other environmental factors can have an effect on frog populations.
Also replenished, the village pond, which had lost its frog population.