title: Survey of Turkey's endemic amphibians for chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis.
abstract: We report a new survey for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in Turkey. We swabbed 228 individuals of 7 amphibian species (from 5 families) living in 2 locations (26-August National Park and the Turkish Lakes District) in the southwestern Anatolian region. The infection intensity of all the samples was determined using quantitative PCR. All 4 amphibian breeding sites and 4 amphibian species in 26-August National Park were infected by Bd, with the prevalence at each site ranging from 8 to 29%. Only 1 species was sampled from Beysehir Lake near the conservation area Beysehir Natural Park, but these samples were notable for their high detection rates (prevalence of 32.11%). This study reports the first records of Bd infecting wild Pelophylax ridibundus, Hyla orientalis, Pseudepidalea variabilis, and endemic Beysehir frogs Pelophylax caralitanus.
authors.affiliation: Afyon Kocatepe University, Faculty of Sciences and Literatures, Biology Department, ANS Campus, 03200-Afyonkarahisar, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ugur Cengiz
authors.initials: UC
authors.lastname: Erismis
authors.forename: Muhsin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Konuk
authors.forename: Taner
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoldas
authors.forename: Pinar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Agyar
authors.forename: Dilay
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yumuk
authors.forename: Safiye Elif
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Korcan
mesh_terms: D000663:Amphibians / Q000382:microbiology*; D000818:Animals; D008411:Chytridiomycota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology