Other Animal Disease -- United States
Just a few years ago, the once-threatened Lake Erie water snake defied the odds and became a poster child for species recovery.
Now, it faces a new foe: snake fungal disease, a condition typically characterized by scabs or crusty scales, premature separation of a snake's outermost skin layer, white opaque cloudiness of the eyes, thickening of the skin, swelling of the face, skin ulcers, lesions, and other problems.
While the disease appears unlikely to throw those snakes back on the
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