Species infected with Bd covered a wide phylogenetic range including four species of plethodontid salamanders, three species of toads, five hylid frogs, and four ranid frogs. |
Several taxa of plethodontid salamanders exist as complexes of parapatrically distributed, genetically differentiated populations with sharp clines at the contact zone. |
Chytridiomycosis has now been reported from 38 amphibian species in 12 families, including ranid and hylid frogs, bufonid toads, and plethodontid salamanders. |