title: New records of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Chilean frogs.
abstract: We used molecular techniques to examine 11 species of frogs in 6 localities in southern Chile to ascertain the incidence of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). We detected the fungus in 2 localities (Coñaripe and Raúl Marín Balmaceda) in 3 species: Batrachyla leptopus, Pleurodema thaul and Rhinoderma darwinii. Our findings expand the list of Bd hosts to include B. leptopus and P. thaul and extend the spatial distribution in Chile to include the southernmost Bd record at Raúl Marín Balmaceda.
authors.affiliation: Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 160, 53113 Bonn, Germany. johara.bourke@gmail.com
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bourke
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohst
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gräser
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Böhme
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Plötner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001001:Anura; D002677:Chile / Q000453:epidemiology; D008411:Chytridiomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*