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   Disease driven extinction in the wild of the Kihansi spray toad, Nectophrynoides asperginis

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Ché Weldon --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Alan Channing --- Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, South Africa Gerald Misinzo --- SACIDS Africa Centre of Excellence for Infectious Diseases of Humans and Animals in Eastern and Southern Africa, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania Andrew A Cunningham --- Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, United Kingdom

   The Kihansi spray toad, Nectophrynoides asperginis, became extinct in the wild despite population monitoring and conservation management of its habitat in the Kihansi gorge, Tanzania. Previous investigations have indicated human induced habitat modification, predators, pesticides and disease as possible causes...

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   Amphibian survey and current absence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in Ivoloina Park, Toamasina (eastern Madagascar)

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Angelica Crottini --- , Portugal An Bollen --- , Belgium Ché Weldon --- , , South Africa Desiré L. Dalton --- , South Africa Antoinette Kotzé --- , South Africa Jean Noël --- , Madagascar Bernard Iambana --- , Madagascar Franco Andreone --- , Italy

   Amphibians are threatened globally by the chytridiomycete fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd), which is still expanding in range. Madagascar, rich in amphibian diversity, remains one of the few places that the fungus has not invaded. Herein, we present results from a...

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