By Mary Pemperton, Associated Press
ANCHORAGE — Forget the plastic icicles, brightly-colored balls and tinsel.
Christmas trees for sale in the Anchorage area are adorned with something truly different this holiday season — live Pacific Chorus frogs.
While the small frogs are very cute with lovely moss-colored green sides and black spots, state officials are asking residents to practice some tough love.
If you find a Christmas tree frog, kill it.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game says they’ve received two reports of Christmas tree frogs, including one found in a holiday tree from Washington state sold this week at an Anchorage nursery.
Officials say the problem is that the little frogs could be carrying viruses and funguses, including one that has been killing amphibians on several continents.
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