First record of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infecting threatened populations of 6 Tandilean Red-belly toad (Melanophryniscus aff. montevidensis) in Argentina

AGOSTINI M.G.; CORTELEZZI A. ; BERKUNSKY I. ; SOLER G. ; BURROWES PA

REVISTA MEXICANA DE BIODIVERSIDAD

INST BIOLOGIA

Lugar: México; Año: 2015 vol. 86 p. 826 - 828

1870-3453

We present the first record of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) infecting25 endangered populations of the Tandilean Red-belly toad (Melanophryniscus aff. montevidensis). 26 We obtained skin swab samples of 32 individuals. The prevalence was 35.5 % and the infection 27 levels varied between 0.34 and 915 Bd-genomic equivalents. This finding represents a new threat 28 that could be affecting, in conjunction with the high habitat fragmentation, the viability of the 29 studied populations.