Disease reservoirs threaten the recently rediscovered Podocarpus Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus podocarpus)

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dc.careerEscuela de Ciencias Biológicases
dc.category.authorprincipalen_US
dc.contributor.authorMerino Viteri, Andrés Ricardo
dc.contributor.authorRon Melo, Santiago Rafael
dc.contributor.correspondingMerino Viteri, Andrés Ricardo
dc.countryEcuadores
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-04T21:41:54Z
dc.date.available2023-11-04T21:41:54Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.dedication.authorTCes
dc.description.abstractThe Andes have experienced an unprecedented wave of amphibian declines and extinctions that are linked to a combination of habitat reduction and the spread of the fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). In the present study, a range of high-altitude habitats in Southern Ecuador were surveyed for the presence of Bd. With a particular focus on Yacuri National Park, infection data are presented from across the resident amphibian community. This community contains a once putatively extinct species which was rediscovered in 2016, the Podocarpus Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus podocarpus). Across species, local Bd prevalence was 73% in tadpoles (n = 41 individuals from three species) and 14% in adults (n = 43 individuals from 14 species). Strikingly, 93% (14/15) of tested tadpoles of the recently described local endemic, Gastrotheca yacuri, were infected with a high pathogen load, suggesting that this species likely acts as a reservoir of infection in Yacuri. These findings show that the threat of disease for A. podocarpus still exists, and that this species requires urgent action to ensure its survival.en_US
dc.facultyCiencias Exactas y Naturaleses
dc.id.author1711097012
dc.id.author1711059137
dc.id.type1
dc.identifier.issn1083-446X
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.puce.edu.ec/handle/123456789/5908
dc.identifier.urihttps://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/57506/9/ARC_14_2_[General_Section]_157-164_e243.pdf
dc.indexed.databaseOtheres
dc.language.isoen
dc.list.authorsJervis, P., Karlsdottir, B., Jehle, R. , Almeida-Reinoso, D., Almeida-Reinoso, F., Ron, S., Fisher, M. & Merino-Viteri, A.
dc.magazine.pageRange157-164
dc.magazine.titleAmphibian & Reptile Conservationen_US
dc.magazine.volumeChapter14(2)
dc.rightsOpenAccessen
dc.statepublisheden_US
dc.subjectConservación de la naturalezaes
dc.subjectBiodiversidades
dc.subjectAnfibioses
dc.subjectConservación de la naturaleza
dc.subjectBiodiversidad
dc.subjectAnfibios
dc.titleDisease reservoirs threaten the recently rediscovered Podocarpus Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus podocarpus)en_US
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