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- Title
Két hazai kétéltűfaj kitridiomikózissal szembeni fogékonysága és érzékenysége.
- Authors
Tamás, Drexler; János, Ujszegi; Márk, Németh Z.; Judit, Vörös; Attila, Hettyey
- Abstract
The causal agent of chytridiomycosis, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is known to be present in the Carpathian Basin, however, there is no evidence for population declines accountable to this disease in Hungarian populations. This may partly be explained by the high tolerance of local amphibian populations. In our study, we experimentally infected larval individuals of the common toad (Bufo bufo) and the agile frog (Rana dalmatina) with a highly virulent, globally distributed Bd strain. We observed if there are any direct or indirect effects of exposure two weeks after metamorphosis. We did not observe significantly decreased survival, body mass or development rate resulting from exposure to Bd in either species. However, infection intensity was higher in toads than in frogs by an order of magnitude. Our results suggest that in Hungary, common toads are highly tolerant to Bd while agile frogs are rather resistant against this disease.
- Publication
Természetvédelmi Közlemények, 2017, Vol 23, p14
- ISSN
1216-4585
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.20332/tvk-jnatconserv.2017.23.14