First Survey of the Chytrid Fungus, Batrachochytrium ...

AMPHIBIAN DISEASES

67

6.$5.#'7'8)%"7,9.:).;;!BC33;!DB@3J;!IShI4F i!BC33!0
First Survey of the Chytrid Fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, in Amphibian Populations of Gabon, Africa ! "#$%&!'%%()#'&*+!,#&-!'./-#0#'1!+*)2#1*%!#1!3445!6$(.!'.7 /-#0#'1!/(/82'&#(1%!#1!98%&$'2#'!'1+!:'1'.';!&-*!'./-#0#'1! )-)*/&#(1'22/'1+#1=!0(+&*1%#?*!R8#1*(7W(1=(2#'1! &$(/#)'2! 6($*%&! @:2'1'! BCCDJ;! &-(8=-! .8)-! (6! (8$! %'./2#1=! ())8$$*+! #1! ?#22'=*%! '1+! '=$#)82&8$'2! '$*'%! &-'&! -'?*! 0**1! )2*'$*+!(6!6($*%&F!LcRW!2#*%!#1!'!2(,2'1+!'$*'!6*'&8$#1=!%'?'17

1'-!/'&)-*%!&-'&!'$*!#1&*$%/*$%*+!,#&-!='22*$)*/&#(1!(6!&-*!R$(&&*!+*!G'%&(8$%?#22*;!&-*!)'?*%!&-'&! ,*$*!%8$?*/'1%#?*!!-!.(1#&($7 #1=!')&#?#&#*%!#1!&-#%!$*=#(1F

)*/&!6($!(1*!#1+#?#+8'2;!,-#)-!,'%!)'/&8$*+!'2(1=! '!+#$&!$('+!2*'+#1=!&(!&-*!LcRW!0#(2(=#)'2!%&'&#(1;!&-*%*!6$(=%! ,*$*!6(81+!'2(1=!%'1+!6($!/'$Y!'8&-($#M'&#(1!#1!G(/dF! K*!'$*!=$'&*682!&(!&-*!W*1&$*![1&*$1'&#(1'2!+*!V*)-*$)-*%!_d+#)'2*%!+*! "$'1)*?#22*! @W[V_"J! 6($! -(%
=! &-*! $*%*'$)-! '&! LcRWF!K*! ,(82+! 2#Y*! &(!&-'1Y!ZF!:#%&(2*;!_F!X2#/-'1&;!_F!G'8.'11%;!'1+!OF!"$(%&!6($!'%%#%7 &'1)*!,#&-!'./-#0#'1!%8$?*.($=&3/-(&.(0.(0$//"$%-( &3*(=.(#.(=%$*$3+'%,.(@A8AF!91! *1#=.'&#)! .($&'2#&.( +"$!+7-( 3.( !.( ,63?6'6-( 5.( !$+%$#63-( &3*( &.( &.( )'33"3,4&5.(@AA:F![1!'!?821*$'02*!/(%#&#(1o!:$*2#.#1'$/d+#&#(1%!L/d2d(2(=#\8*%!BCCS!*&!BCC5! '8!R'0(1!@96$#\8*!W*1&$'2*JF!A*$2#1*$!gk-2*1Y81+2#)-*!A*$#)-&*PHah! I5F! ,6!*+$%,-(#.(!.-(&.(5.(%$&*$!-(&3*(5.(4.(!$$.(@AAIF!W-.(+"$!+7-(/.(/)45"*#!$"3-(>.(+6/)4-(#.(?.(>.(,&%3$%-( 5.(=$"#4-(/.(?&!2$%-(5.().(.( #.-( &3*( 2.( &+$%3$#47.( 899IF! 9! R8#+*! &(! &-*! l*=*&'&#(1! (6! &-*! G(/d! V*%*$?*;! R'0(1F! B1+! *+F;! K#2+2#6*! W(1%*$?'&#(1! L()#*&! *&! "($p&%! &$'#1#1=!)*1&*$!#1!&-*!ZK!$*=#(1!(6!&-*!)(81&$
Herpetological Review 42(1), 2011