| first report of spontaneous chytridiomycosis in frogs in asia. | this is the first report of amphibian chytridiomycosis in asia. we discovered a lethal outbreak in japan, among 45 exotic frogs from 18 species kept for breeding by a private owner. of these 45 frogs, 16 died and another 7 were found to be infected by chytrid fungus batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd) but survived after treatment. bd was detected in frogs from 9 species (lepidobatrachus laevis, ceratophrys cornuta, c. cranwelli, c. ornata, c. calcarata, chacophrys pierotti, occidozyga lima, lept ... | 2008 | 19149379 |
| checklist and simple identification key for frogs and toads from district iv of the mada scheme, kedah, malaysia. | a survey was conducted to catalogue the diversity of anurans in district iv of the muda agriculture development authority scheme (mada) in kedah darul aman, malaysia, from july 1996 to january 1997. eight species of anurans from three families were present in the study area. of these, the common grass frog (fejevarya limnocharis) was the most abundant, followed by mangrove frog (fejevarya cancrivora), long-legged frog (hylarana macrodactyla), and common toad (duttaphrynus melanostictus). puddle ... | 2009 | 24575178 |