Recent Findings of Potentially Lethal Salamander Fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans

Abstract

The distribution of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans continues to expand in Europe. During 2014–2018, we collected 1,135 samples from salamanders and newts in 6 countries in Europe. We identified 5 cases of B. salamandrivorans in a wild population in Spain but none in central Europe or the Balkan Peninsula.

Keywords

• chytridiomycosis
• amphibians
• salamanders
• newts
• caudates
• fungus