caa a22 4500 467882185 CHVBK 20180406152723.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20060901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10393-006-0026-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10393-006-0026-8 Chytridiomycosis in Wild Frogs from Pico Bonito National Park, Honduras [Elektronische Daten] [Robert Puschendorf, Franklin Castañeda, James McCranie] Almost half of the endemic species of Honduran amphibians have declining populations; some of which seem to be extinct since they have not been seen in several years in places where they were once common. Disappearances in pristine and protected habitats have occurred in several highland localities throughout the country. The highland amphibian fauna of Pico Bonito National Park declined sometime between 1989 and 1995. An amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been linked to similar declines in other neotropical regions. We checked 19 specimens for this disease, which were collected in the park in 2003. The only Rana maculata examined was found to be infected, as were three of the six Eleutherodactylus aurilegulus surveyed for the disease. Two of the infected E. aurilegulus were collected at 120 m elevation and showed strong infections. One of these was lethargic and did not react when it was collected in the field, although it was still alive. A complete necropsy could help determine if the B. dendrobatidis infection was responsible for these symptoms, and further research might show how susceptible E. aurilegulus is to this pathogen at low altitudes. More research should be focused on the distribution of this pathogen in Honduras, and on how this disease has affected the local amphibian fauna. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2006 Honduras nationallicence Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis nationallicence Pico Bonito National Park nationallicence amphibian declines nationallicence Puschendorf Robert School of Biology, University of Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San Jose, Costa Rica aut Castañeda Franklin School of Biology, University of Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San Jose, Costa Rica aut McCranie James National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA aut EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 3/3(2006-09-01), 178-181 1612-9202 3:3<178 2006 3 10393 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-006-0026-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-006-0026-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Puschendorf Robert School of Biology, University of Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San Jose, Costa Rica aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Castañeda Franklin School of Biology, University of Costa Rica, San Pedro de Montes de Oca, San Jose, Costa Rica aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- McCranie James National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 3/3(2006-09-01), 178-181 1612-9202 3:3<178 2006 3 10393 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer