Editing Nightcap National Park (section)

=== Chytridiomycosis ===
[[File:Minyon Falls &amp; rhyolite.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Minyon Falls in the Nightcap National Park]]
[[File:Terania Rapids in Nightcap National Park, NSW (35363169706).jpg|thumb|left|Terania Rapids]]
[[File:View at Minyon Falls, Nightcap NP.JPG|thumb|View at Minyon Falls]]
[[File:Protesters Falls 2015.jpg|thumb|Protesters Falls in the Nightcap National Park]]
[[Chytridiomycosis]], caused by the chytrid fungus, is the world's worst disease affecting vertebrates. In Australia it is thought that the disease led to the extinction of four frog species and is threatening the survival of at least ten more frog species.<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:211140/UQ211140_OA.pdf|title = The distribution and host range of the pandemic disease chytridiomycosis in Australia, spanning surveys from 1956–2007.|last = Murray|first = K.|date = 2010|journal = Ecology|doi = 10.1890/09-1608.1|display-authors=etal |volume=91 |issue = 5|pages=1557–1558|hdl = 10072/37569|hdl-access = free}}</ref> Fifty species of frogs in Australia have been identified as being infected with the chytrid fungus.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Infection of frogs by amphibian chytrid causing the disease chytridiomycosis - profile {{!}} NSW Environment & Heritage|url = http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=20009|website = www.environment.nsw.gov.au|access-date = 2015-05-20}}</ref> The disease has been found throughout Gondwana Rainforests of Australia World Heritage area of the Northern-Rivers NSW.<ref>{{Cite journal|title = A project that designs and trials a pilot survey to map the distribution of chyridomycosis (caused by the amphibian chytrid fungus) in Australian frogs|last = Speare|first = R.|date = 2005|journal = The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage|display-authors=etal}}</ref> The disease has been found in individuals of the [[giant barred frog]] and is a key threatening process to the endangered frog. Other frogs at the park are also threatened by the disease including the Fleay's barred frog and Loveridge's frog.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Mixophyes iteratus – Giant Barred Frog, Southern Barred Frog|url = http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=1944|website = www.environment.gov.au|access-date = 2015-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Mixophyes fleayi – Fleay's Frog|url = http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=25960|website = www.environment.gov.au|access-date = 2015-05-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Loveridge's frog - endangered species listing {{!}} NSW Environment & Heritage|url = http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/determinations/LoveridgesFrogEndSpListing.htm|website = www.environment.nsw.gov.au|access-date = 2015-05-20}}</ref>