First record of the amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Thailand

Herpetology Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages 519-521

  Vörös, Judit ^a   Satasook, Chutamas ^b   Bates, Paul ^c   Wangkulangkul, Sansareeya ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Bowerwood House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; FUNGI;

EID: 84876316719     PISSN: 20715773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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