Blaustein: One of them is this thing called the chytrid fungus,which is a fungus that really wasn’t well known until about 10 years ago and it seems to be correlated with many of the amphibian declines especially in the tropics.
布劳斯汀:罪魁祸首之一被称为壶菌,它是一种似乎与许多种两栖类动物大量死亡——尤其在热带——有关的真菌,我们近十年才开始对这种真菌有较深的了解。
Although the chytrid fungus and other diseases can spread naturally among frogs, Blaustein noted that human destruction of their habitat is also to blame.
布劳斯汀强调,虽然壶菌和其他疾病可以在蛙类中自然传播,但人类对其栖息地的破坏也应受到谴责。