It has been known, for quite a time now, that the Chytrid Fungus is possibly responsible for wiping out entire species of frogs. A perplexing question for researchers though has been: 'How has the fungus been able to survive in habitats once all of the amphibians there have been wiped out and thus infect amphibians reintroduced to a once devastated area?'. It seems that they now have an answer in that it appears crayfish, and possibly other hosts, have harbored the fungus in the absence of amphibians.
For more information, see: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/121217-chytrid-fungus-amphibian-frog-crayfish-science/
Another hat tip to Deb H for pointing me in the direction of the site where I found this article.
All the best,
Glenn B
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