Survey of Turkey’s endemic amphibians for chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Safiye Elif Korcan¹  Ugur Cengiz Erismis¹  Muhsin Konuk¹  Taner Yoldas¹  Pinar Agyar¹  Dilay Yumuk¹ 

关键词: Bd;    Chytridiomycosis;    qPCR;    Endemic frogs;   

DOI  :  10.3354/dao02742

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Inter-Research

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

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