Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in adult notophthalmus viridescens in north-central Alabama, USA

Herpetological Review

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-47

  Bakkegard, Kristin A ^a   Pessier, Allan P ^b  

^a SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 77953826214     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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