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Some Pyrenean midwife toads survive the world's deadliest amphibian fungus by developing antimicrobial skin peptides earlier in life, while still tadpoles, before their keratinized skin makes them vulnerable
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One Fungus Has Caused More Extinctions Than Any Other Infectious Disease. Some Toads Have Found a Way to Survive It

Across the world, entire species of frogs and toads are being wiped out by a relentless fungal infection, commonly known as the chytrid fungus.

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