Over the past several years people all over the US and world wide are
reporting apparently abnormal numbers of mutated amphibians. An internet
website set up to track sightings lists 3 different species of frogs / toads
found in Thurston county with gross malformations--including extra limbs,
missing limbs, missing eyes and facial deformities (Fiander Lake is one
locale).

Here are a few links to more info deformed frogs:

Black Hills Audubon Society (feature article on frogs in Thurston County):
http://www.blackhillsaudubon.org/bhas.conservation.htm#frogs

USGS North American Reporting Center for Amphibian Malformations:
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/narcam/index.htm

Declining Amphibian Populations Taskforce:
http://www.open.ac.uk/OU/Academic/Biology/J_Baker/JBtxt.htm


Greg Pelletier
Olympia WA
mailto:halcyon.com