Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans' Amphibian Host Species and Invasion Range

F Castro Monzon, MO Rödel, F Ruland, G Parra-Olea… - EcoHealth, 2022 - Springer
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), a species related to the destructive pathogen
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), was found and identified in Europe in 2013. Now, a …

[PDF][PDF] The amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the hotspot of its European invasive range: past-present-future.

S Lötters, N Wagner, G Albaladejo, P Böning… - Salamandra, 2020 - mvences.de
The salamander plague, caused by the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium
salamandrivorans (Bsal), is one of the most devastating amphibian diseases, currently …

United States amphibian imports pose a disease risk to salamanders despite Lacey Act regulations

PJ Connelly, N Ross, OC Stringham… - Communications Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal), one of two fungal pathogens that cause the
deadly amphibian disease chytridiomycosis, is a major impending threat to salamander …

Evaluation of regulatory action and surveillance as preventive risk-mitigation to an emerging global amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal)

DA Grear, BA Mosher, KLD Richgels, EHC Grant - Biological Conservation, 2021 - Elsevier
The emerging amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) is a severe
threat to global urodelan (salamanders, newts, and related taxa) biodiversity. Bsal has not …

[PDF][PDF] Bsal-driven salamander mortality pre-dates the European index outbreak

S Lötters, M Veith, N Wagner, A Martel, F Pasmans - Salamandra, 2020 - biblio.ugent.be
Emerging infectious fungal diseases increasingly become major drivers of global
biodiversity loss in the Anthropocene (Daszak et al. 2000, Fisher et al. 2012, Sikes et al …

[PDF][PDF] Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans kills alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris) in southernmost Germany

DS Schmeller, R Utzel, F Pasmans, A Martel - Salamandra, 2020 - biblio.ugent.be
The European amphibian fauna is threatened by several different pathogens. We currently
know of mortalities linked to ranaviruses (Kik et al. 2011), and to two fungal pathogens, the …

Divergent population responses following salamander mass mortalities and declines driven by the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

J Erens, K Preissler, J Speybroeck… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Understanding wildlife responses to novel threats is vital in counteracting biodiversity loss.
The emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) causes dramatic …

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans Threat to the Iberian Urodele Hotspot

J Bosch, A Martel, J Sopniewski, B Thumsová, C Ayres… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
The recent introduction of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans into
northeastern Spain threatens salamander diversity on the Iberian Peninsula. We assessed …

Unlocking the story in the swab: A new genotyping assay for the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

AQ Byrne, AP Rothstein, TJ Poorten… - Molecular ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
One of the most devastating emerging pathogens of wildlife is the chytrid fungus,
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which affects hundreds of amphibian species around …

Landscape epidemiology of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans: reconciling data limitations and conservation urgency

W Beukema, J Erens, V Schulz, G Stegen… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Starting in 2010, rapid fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) population declines in
northwestern Europe heralded the emergence of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans …