A Project That Designs and Trials a Pilot Survey to Map the Distribution of Chyridomycosis (Caused by the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus) in Australian Frogs
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by ResearchOnline at James Cook University FINAL REPORT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE A project that designs and trials a pilot survey to map the distribution of chyridomycosis (caused by the amphibian chytrid fungus) in Australian frogs. Prepared by: Rick Speare1. Lee Skerratt2, Lee Berger1, Harry Hines3, Alex Hyatt4, Diana Mendez1, Keith McDonald5, Jean-Marc Hero6, Gerry Marantelli7, Reinhold Muller1, Ross Alford8, Rupert Woods9 1 School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine and Rehabilitation Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811 2 School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811 3 Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, PO Box 64, Bellbowrie, Qld 4070 4 Australian Animal Health Laboratory, CSIRO, 5 Portarlington Road, Geelong, Vic 3220 5 Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, PO Box 975, Atherton, Qld 4883 6 School of Environmental and Applied Sciences, Griffith University Gold Coast, PMB 50, Gold Coast Mail Centre, Qld 9726 7 Amphibian Research Centre, Western Treatment Plant, New Farm Rd, Werribee, Vic 3030 8 School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811 9 Australian Wildlife Health Network, PO Box 20, Mossman, NSW 2088 Cover images: photo of Litoria wilcoxii by D. Hall; distribution map by James Cook University. © Commonwealth of Australia (2005). Published 22 December 2005. Information contained in this publication may be copied or reproduced for study, research, information or educational purposes, subject to inclusion of an acknowledgment of the source. This report should be cited as: Speare R, Skerratt L, Berger L, Hines H, Hyatt AD, Mendez D, McDonald KR, Hero J-M, Marantelli G, Muller R, Alford R, Woods R.
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