Increasing Detections of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Central Florida, USA

摘要

The fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) was first detected in Florida, USA in 2008 in one American Bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) and in one Florida Cricket Frog (Acris gryllus dorsalis) (Rizkalla 2009). Here, I report the results of further testing on 16 amphibian species in Walt Disney World's Wildlife Management and Conservation Area (WMCA) in central Florida.