Chytrid fungus parasitizing the wild amphibian Leptodactylus ocellatus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in Argentina

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-252

  Herrera, Raúl A ^a   Steciow, Mónica M ^a   Natale, Guillermo S ^b  

^a Instituto de Botanica Carlos Spegazzini   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Chytridiomycosis; First report; Leptodactylus ocellatus

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FUNGAL DISEASE; MORTALITY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LEPTODACTYLUS OCELLATUS;

EID: 20644460359     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao064247     Document Type: Article

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