Chytridiomycosis in two species of Telmatobius (Anura: Leptodactylidae) from Argentina

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 171-174

  Barrionuevo, Sebastián ^a   Mangione, Susana ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Chytridiomycosis; Telmatobius

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; TELMATOBIUS; TELMATOBIUS ATACAMENSIS;

EID: 33846440881     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao073171     Document Type: Article

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