D. E. Green
R. Papendick
Karen R. Lips
2003
<p>In<span> 1993, the amphibian fauna of Las Tablas, </span>Costa<span> </span>Rica<span>, began to decline, and by 1998 approximately 50% of the species formerly present could no longer be found. Three years later, at the Reserva Forestal Fortuna, </span>in<span> western Panama, a site approximately 75 km east southeast of Las Tablas, KRL encountered a mass die-off of amphibians and a subsequent decline </span>in<span> abundance and species richness. The epidemiological features of the anuran population declines and die-offs at both sites were similar, suggesting a similar cause. Herein we document the presence of the fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, </span>in<span> dead and dying </span>wild<span> </span>frogs<span> collected at Las Tablas just prior to population declines of several anuran species.</span></p>
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10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0215:CIWFFS]2.0.CO;2
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Chytridiomycosis in wild frogs from southern Costa Rica
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