| a suspected parasite spill-back of two novel myxidium spp. (myxosporea) causing disease in australian endemic frogs found in the invasive cane toad. | infectious diseases are contributing to the decline of endangered amphibians. we identified myxosporean parasites, myxidium spp. (myxosporea: myxozoa), in the brain and liver of declining native frogs, the green and golden bell frog (litoria aurea) and the southern bell frog (litoria raniformis). we unequivocally identified two myxidium spp. (both generalist) affecting australian native frogs and the invasive cane toad (bufo marinus, syn. rhinella marina) and demonstrated their association with ... | 2011 | 21541340 |