This red-eyed tree frog suffered from a parasite known as rhabdias. This parasite is dangerous because of they are self-fertilizing, can survive for some time in the soil, and that they have a direct life-cycle. This means they do not need an additional host to reproduce and pass directly from frog to frog, and can even reinfect the original host, causing superinfections. Rhabdias is a lungworm that causes damage to various organs by migrating throughout the body and causing secondary bacterial

Host Parasite Relationship