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1 September 2008 Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Occurrence in Eurycea cirrigera
Michael W. Byrne, Emily P. Davie, J. Whitfield Gibbons
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Abstract

Several pathogens affect amphibians, but a chytridiomycete fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, is of particular interest because this pathogen is linked to localized amphibian population declines and extinction of species. Species-specific infections and pathogen distribution are poorly understood, particularly in members of Caudata. We found B. dendrobatidis in adult Eurycea cirrigera (Southern Two-lined Salamander), a species not previously reported as susceptible to this fungal pathogen, and this report is the first record of B. dendrobatidis occurrence in Alabama.

Michael W. Byrne, Emily P. Davie, and J. Whitfield Gibbons "Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Occurrence in Eurycea cirrigera," Southeastern Naturalist 7(3), 551-555, (1 September 2008). https://doi.org/10.1656/1528-7092-7.3.551
Published: 1 September 2008
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