Prevalence of chytrid fungus in amphibians of the Las Gralarias Reserve.

September 23, 2014.

Juan Guayasamin and collaborators have just published a study on the prevalence of the fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in amphibian populations of the Las Gralarias reserve (Imbabura Province). The study recorded high infection rates (14–49%) during 2012 and 2013. However, there was no…