Infection by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the yellow belly frog (Elachistocleis bicolor) from Argentina

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 217-220

  Arellano, María Luz ^a   Ferraro, Daiana P ^b,c   Steciow, Mónica M ^a   Lavilla, Esteban O ^d  

^a Instituto de Botanica Carlos Spegazzini   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c MUSEO ARGENTINO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES BERNARDINO RIVADAVIA   (Argentina)

^d FUNDACIÓN MIGUEL LILLO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Anura; Disease; Microhylidae; Misiones

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; ELACHISTOCLEIS; FUNGI; GIRARDICHTHYS FALCATUS; MICROHYLIDAE; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 77149174179     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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