Abstract
Brazil is the country with the greatest diversity of amphibians in the world, mainly concentrated in the Atlantic Forest biome. Declines in amphibian populations in this biome are related to chytridiomycosis, a disease caused by the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). Despite the strong link between the decline of amphibians in the Atlantic Forest and chytridiomycosis, the…