Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Southern Ornate Nursery Frogs, Cophixalus australis (Microhylidae)
Edwards, Lexie, Alford, Ross A., and Pike, David A. (2019) Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Southern Ornate Nursery Frogs, Cophixalus australis (Microhylidae). Herpetological Review, 50 (2). pp. 288-289.
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Abstract
[Excerpt] Chytridiomycosis is a serious disease of amphibians, and one of the pathogens responsible (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, Bd) has caused widespread declines in amphibian populations (Skerratt et al. 2007). Australian microhylid frogs have low susceptibility, low rates of transmission, and high clearance rates of infection (Kriger and Hero 2006; Hauselberger and Alford 2012). This is likely due to their terrestrial habitat preferences and life history that includes terrestrial nesting (Kriger and Hero 2006; Hauselberger and Alford 2012); by contrast, the pathogen Bd requires moist, cool (< 29°C) conditions to survive (Stevenson et al. 2013).
| Item ID: | 61922 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Short Note) |
| ISSN: | 0018-084X |
| Copyright Information: | © 2019 by Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. |
| Date Deposited: | 26 Apr 2020 19:19 |
| FoR Codes: | 05 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES > 0502 Environmental Science and Management > 050202 Conservation and Biodiversity @ 50% 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology > 060299 Ecology not elsewhere classified @ 50% |
| SEO Codes: | 96 ENVIRONMENT > 9608 Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity > 960806 Forest and Woodlands Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity @ 100% |
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