Editing Poison dart frog (section)

== Conservation status ==

Many species of poison dart frogs have recently experienced habitat loss, [[Chytridiomycosis|chytrid diseases]], and collection for the pet trade.<ref>{{cite web |date=10 November 2011 |title=Red list changes highlight threats from over-exploitation |url=http://www.traffic.org/home/2011/11/10/red-list-changes-highlight-threats-from-over-exploitation.html |publisher=TRAFFIC}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Pepper |first1=Mark |last2=Brown |first2=Jason |last3=Twomey |first3=Evan |date=15 January 2007 |title=Smuggling |url=http://www.dendrobates.org/smuggling.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161006014857/http://www.dendrobates.org/smuggling.html |archive-date=6 October 2016 |access-date=8 June 2016 |website=Dendrobates.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Pepper |first1=Mark |last2=Twomey |first2=Evan |last3=Brown |first3=Jason L. |date=Spring 2007 |title=The Smuggling Crisis |url=http://www.jasonleebrown.org/jasonleebrown.org/PUBS/PDFs/Leaf%20Litter%201.1.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Leaf Litter |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=5–7 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151014051235/http://www.jasonleebrown.org/jasonleebrown.org/pubs/PDFs/Leaf%20Litter%201.1.pdf |archive-date=14 October 2015 |access-date=8 June 2016}}</ref> Some are listed as threatened or endangered as a result.<ref name="daszak">{{cite journal |last1=Daszak |first1=P. |author2=Berger, L. |author3=Cunningham, A. A. |author4=Hyatt, A. D. |author5=Green, D. E. |author6=Speare, R. |year=1999 |title=Emerging infectious diseases and amphibian population declines |journal=Emerging Infectious Diseases |volume=5 |issue=6 |pages=735–748 |doi=10.3201/eid0506.990601 |pmc=2640803 |pmid=10603206}}</ref> Zoos have tried to counteract this disease by treating captive frogs with an antifungal agent that is used to cure [[athlete's foot]] in humans.<ref name="Poison Dart Frog Fact Sheet – National Zoo&#124">{{cite web |title=Poison Dart Frog Fact Sheet – National Zoo&#124; FONZ |url=http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Amazonia/Facts/fact-poisondartfrog.cfm |access-date=2008-10-10 |publisher=[[National Zoological Park (United States)|National Zoological Park]]}}</ref>