Frogs have been under siege around the world from a fungus called Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, known for short as "Bd, " which has been known to be weakening and killing amphibians since the late 1990s though much about it remains under scientific study, Voyles said.

NPR: Alarm Over Vanishing Frogs In The Caribbean

"We are just starting to understand the ripple down effects and the repercussions of losing amphibians, " said Jamie Voyles, a biologist at New Mexico Tech in Albuquerque and one of the principal investigators of Project Atelopus, an effort to study and protect frogs of an endangered genus in Panama.

NPR: Alarm Over Vanishing Frogs In The Caribbean