Abstract:Besides other pathogens, the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been considered the main etiologic agent that causes chytridiomycosis and associated with amphibian die-offs. Chytrid fungus was first described in a living specimen of a Physalaemus signifer population (Anura, Leiuperidae), a common frog in natural environment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The P. signifier integument is formed by a poorly keratinized epidermis supported by a dermis, which is subdivided into a spongious and compact lay… Show more
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