A Brazilian anuran (Hylodes magalhaesi: Leptodactylidae) infected by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: a conservation concern
- Several studies have associated the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis with anuran population declines worldwide. To date, the fungus has been found in Africa, the Americas, Australia, and Europe. However, it has never been reported to occur in the Atlantic forest or Brazil. Based on morphological, histological, and molecular data, we encountered evidence of B. dendrobatidis infection in a high-altitude stream-dwelling Brazilian anuran species, Hylodes magalhaesi (Leptodactylidae). One population (Municipality of Camanducaia, State of Minas Gerais) was surveyed from 2001 to 2005. Tadpoles lacking teeth were observed and collected in 2004. Histological and molecular analyses identified infection by B. dendrobatidis. Although infected tadpoles seem nowadays to co-exist with the disease, our results are alarming due to the highly endangered situation of the Brazilian Atlantic forest and its fauna. Effects of the chytrid infection on the studied population are still unknown. Further investigations are needed to provide information on its distribution in relation to other populations of H. magalhaesi.
Author: | Luís Felipe ToledoORCiD, Célio Fernando Baptista HaddadORCiD, Ana Carolina O. Q. Carnaval, Fábio B. Britto |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-87301 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1514/journal.arc.0040017 |
ISSN: | 1525-9153 |
ISSN: | 1083-446X |
Parent Title (English): | Amphibian & reptile conservation : the international journal devoted to the worldwide preservation and management of amphibian and reptilian diversity |
Publisher: | PubMed Central |
Place of publication: | Bethesda, Md. |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Date of Publication (online): | 2006/12/26 |
Date of first Publication: | 2006/12/26 |
Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
Release Date: | 2010/12/16 |
Tag: | Atlantic forest; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Hylodes; anuran decline; conservation |
Volume: | 4 |
Issue: | (1): e17 |
Page Number: | 5 |
First Page: | 17 |
Last Page: | 21 |
Note: | Copyright: © 2006 Toledo et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
HeBIS-PPN: | 301661286 |
Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie |
Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
Licence (German): | Creative Commons - Namensnennung 2.0 |