We present gross and histologic evidence of coinfection in amphibians by fungal-like parasites of the order Dermocystida (Amphibiocystidium sp.) and the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. The condition was observed in frogs Hypsiboas pulchellus (Hylidae) from Uruguay in 2009 to 2012. This report is the first of dermocystids in Neotropical amphibians since 1940.
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1 January 2014
Dermocystid-Chytrid Coinfection in the Neotropical Frog Hypsiboas pulchellus (Anura: Hylidae)
Claudio Borteiro,
Juan Carlos Cruz,
Francisco Kolenc,
José Manuel Verdes,
Antonio Moraña,
Claudio Martínez Debat,
Alejandra Kun,
Martín Ubilla,
Kosuke Okada
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 50 • No. 1
January 2014
Vol. 50 • No. 1
January 2014