The skin is the first line of defence in preventing the establishment of pathogens and associated infections in frogs. Regular sloughing of the outer layer can reduce the abundance of cultivable cutaneous microbes in green tree frogs which has ramifications for our understanding of cutaneous pathogens like the amphibian chytrid fungus.
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