We conducted a rapid amphibian survey of the Atsirakambiaty relict altitude rainforest on Itremo-Ambatofinandrahana Massif, central Madagascar at an altitude of around 1550 m a.s.l. We detected a total of 12 amphibian species, whose taxonomic attributions were confirmed by both morphological and molecular data. Tissue samples were also screened for presence of a lethal chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which turned out to be negative. We encourage the herpetological community working in Madagascar to screen regularly amphibian tissue samples for Bd as a tool within the early detection plan recently launched for Madagascar. © NwjZ, Oradea, Romania, 2011.

Crottini, A., Barbuto, M., Casiraghi, M., Andreone, F. (2011). A rapid amphibian survey at Itremo-Ambatofinandrahana, central Madagascar, with confirmed absence of chytrid fungus and recommendations for future monitoring activities. NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 7(2), 346-351.

A rapid amphibian survey at Itremo-Ambatofinandrahana, central Madagascar, with confirmed absence of chytrid fungus and recommendations for future monitoring activities

BARBUTO, MICHELA;CASIRAGHI, MAURIZIO;
2011

Abstract

We conducted a rapid amphibian survey of the Atsirakambiaty relict altitude rainforest on Itremo-Ambatofinandrahana Massif, central Madagascar at an altitude of around 1550 m a.s.l. We detected a total of 12 amphibian species, whose taxonomic attributions were confirmed by both morphological and molecular data. Tissue samples were also screened for presence of a lethal chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which turned out to be negative. We encourage the herpetological community working in Madagascar to screen regularly amphibian tissue samples for Bd as a tool within the early detection plan recently launched for Madagascar. © NwjZ, Oradea, Romania, 2011.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
amphibian; chytridiomycosis; conservation biology
English
2011
7
2
346
351
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Crottini, A., Barbuto, M., Casiraghi, M., Andreone, F. (2011). A rapid amphibian survey at Itremo-Ambatofinandrahana, central Madagascar, with confirmed absence of chytrid fungus and recommendations for future monitoring activities. NORTH-WESTERN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY, 7(2), 346-351.
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