A scientist wearing blue latex rubber gloves swabs a rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa) to test it for Bsal, a salamander-killing chytrid fungus.

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Size: 3504px × 2336px
Location: Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California, USA
Photo credit: © Geoffrey Giller / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: amphibian, batrachochytrium, bsal, chytrid, fungus, gloves, granulosa, herpetology, latex, newt, qtip, salamander, salamandrivorans, science, swab, swabbing, taricha, wearing, wildlife