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Disease

Identifying causes of amphibian deaths

Although amphibian disease is something to be aware of, there is often another explanation for the dead animals you've encountered. Follow the links below to find out about the common causes of amphibian mortalities.

Which species?
The first thing is to be sure which species you've found - use our amphibian pages to help identify them. 

Which life-stage?
There can be different causes at different stages in an amphibian's life and at different times of the year.
O Spawn.
O Tadpoles.
O Froglets / toadlets.
O Adult amphibians.

Disease
If you've looked through the information above and do not think what you've seen matches the descriptions then if may be the amphibians have suffered from disease.

More information
O Advice sheet: Amphibian Health and Disease