1. All their deformed frogs were infected with the trematodes around the bases of their limbs. 2. Consequently, researchers are beginning to suspect that the deformed frog phenomenon could be sort of an amphibian Gulf War Syndrome with no obvious single cause. 3. In addition, Levey hopes to have the deformed frogs in his freezer tested for parasites. 4. In recent weeks, Missouri scientists have confirmed at least four reports of deformed frogs and received a dozen more unconfirmed sightings. 5. It is the first deformed frog found in the Houston area and reported to the North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations. 6. Neither Kansas nor Missouri has confirmed reports of more than one deformed frog at any site. 7. Next spring, Helgen expects to see more deformed frogs. 8. Now he plans to return and look for deformed frogs. 9. Now, wildlife officials from California to Vermont are reporting extraordinary numbers of deformed frogs, almost all of them young. 10. Quickly, reports of other deformed frogs streamed in. |