Evaluation of tadpole mouthpart depigmentation as a diagnostic test infection by Batrachochytrium denodrobatidis for four California anurans

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 690-699

  Padgett Flohr, Gretchen E ^a   Goble, Molly E ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian chytridiomycosis; Bufo boreas; Bufo canorus; Diagnostic; Morphology; Mouthparts; Pseudacris regilla; Rana catesbeiana

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BUFO BOREAS; BUFO CANORUS; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 36448964499     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-43.4.690     Document Type: Article

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