caa a22 4500 46788224X CHVBK 20180406152723.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10393-006-0068-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10393-006-0068-y Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Infection in the Recently Rediscovered Atelopus mucubajiensis (Anura, Bufonidae), a Critically Endangered Frog from the Venezuelan Andes [Elektronische Daten] [Margarita Lampo, Cesar Barrio-Amorós, Barbara Han] The harlequin frog, Atelopus mucubajiensis, is a critically endangered species that was believed to be extinct until 2004, when a single adult female was found in the Venezuelan Andes. Its disappearance after 1994 has been attributed to an increase in the prevalence of the fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in populations of these frogs. Using histology and Real-Time PCR assays, we tested this adult female positive for B. dendrobatidis. We report for the first time, to our knowledge, infection in a live specimen of A. mucubajiensis. The presence of this pathogen in remaining individuals poses a problem for the long-term persistence of this critically endangered species, as new epidemic episodes of chytridiomycosis could jeopardize the survival of remnant populations. Ecohealth Journal Consortium, 2006 Lampo Margarita Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado 21827, 1020-A, Caracas, Venezuela aut Barrio-Amorós Cesar Fundación AndígenA, Mérida, Apartado Postal 210, 5101-A, Venezuela aut Han Barbara Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, 97331-2914, Corvallis, OR, United states aut EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 3/4(2006-12-01), 299-302 1612-9202 3:4<299 2006 3 10393 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-006-0068-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 brief-communication jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-006-0068-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Lampo Margarita Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Apartado 21827, 1020-A, Caracas, Venezuela aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Barrio-Amorós Cesar Fundación AndígenA, Mérida, Apartado Postal 210, 5101-A, Venezuela aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Han Barbara Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, 97331-2914, Corvallis, OR, United states aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- EcoHealth Springer-Verlag 3/4(2006-12-01), 299-302 1612-9202 3:4<299 2006 3 10393 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer