Resistance to Chytridiomycosis in European Plethodontid Salamanders of the Genus Speleomantes Koninklijke Maatschappij voor Dierkunde van Antwerpen
North America and the neotropics harbor nearly all species of plethodontid salamanders. In contrast, this family of caudate amphibians is represented in Europe and Asia by two genera, Speleomantes and Karsenia, which are confined to small geographic ranges. Compared to neotropical and North American plethodontids, mortality attributed to chytridiomycosis caused by Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) has not been reported for European ...