Chytrid fungus parasitizing the wild amphibian Leptodactylus ocellatus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in Argentina.

@article{Herrera2005ChytridFP,
  title={Chytrid fungus parasitizing the wild amphibian Leptodactylus ocellatus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) in Argentina.},
  author={Ra{\'u}l Herrera and M{\'o}nica Mirta Steciow and Guillermo Sebasti{\'a}n Natale},
  journal={Diseases of aquatic organisms},
  year={2005},
  volume={64 3},
  pages={
          247-52
        }
}
The present contribution is the first report of parasitosis by a chytrid fungus in wild anuran amphibians in Argentina, as well as the first case of amphibian mortality documented to date in Argentina. We report the presence of the chytrid fungus in dead adult Leptodactylus ocellatus. It has been suggested that chytridiomycosis is the main cause of death in several amphibian populations worldwide. Our study demonstrates that chytridiomycosis afflicts L. ocellatus, a common widespread amphibian… 
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