I was able to engage in a research paper where I was challenged to do an in-depth analyzation and interpretation of an experiment of my choice. From that experiment, I would draw my own research and develop a meta-analysis on the observations and research I had been able to compile. There have been many factors impacting the decline of amphibians all across the world: habitat destruction, invasive species and other chemical contaminants. But the most impactful, with regards to the last couple of decades, was the change in climate. Native amphibians, predominately frogs, because of their biology, are extremely vulnerable to change in the environment. Climate changes give rise to the growth of different pathogenic mechanisms like viruses, bacteria, and fungi. In the native amphibian population of Australia, a fungus known as Batrachochytrium dendrobatitis, has grown in its prevalence. Batrachochytrium dendrobatitis is a fungus that causes chytridiomycosis, a disease that has been causing the increased mortality in amphibians it infects. This essay will examine the impact temperature and moisture levels on the virulence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatitis