Center for Biological Diversity: The journal Amphibia-Reptilia has published a study documenting a new pet-trade frog pathway for a deadly salamander fungus to enter the United States.
Previously only found on salamanders, the deadly fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) was discovered by the study’s authors on small-webbed fire belly toads recently imported in Germany. Bsal is a highly virulent pathogen from Asia that has already nearly wiped out wild fire salamanders in the Netherlands and Belgium
Previously only found on salamanders, the deadly fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) was discovered by the study’s authors on small-webbed fire belly toads recently imported in Germany. Bsal is a highly virulent pathogen from Asia that has already nearly wiped out wild fire salamanders in the Netherlands and Belgium