New chytrid fungus may threaten hundreds of salamander species As if amphibians weren’t facing enough—a killer fungal disease, habitat destruction, pollution, and global warming—now ...

Petition Seeks Emergency Moratorium on Imports of Salamanders for Pet Trade Exotic Salamanders Could Carry Deadly Disease WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity and Save the Frogs today filed ...

Center for Biological Diversity: The journal Amphibia-Reptilia has published a study documenting a new pet-trade frog pathway for a deadly salamander fungus to enter the United States.

A new form of a deadly fungal disease that has driven countless frogs to extinction around the world is now attacking salamanders, and California scientists fear the tiny amphibians are threatened ...

Why scientists want to ban pet salamander imports About 20 years ago, biologists tried to limit the spread of a fungus that ultimately wiped out more than 200 species of amphibians.

Scientists warn of a biodiversity crisis as salamander imports into North America brings a fungal pathogen called "Bsal." This is short for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, also called "B ...

The fate of the world’s richest biodiversity of salamanders and newts is in the hands of pet owners across North America, warns a researcher, due to the threat of salamander chytrid disease that ...

In 2014, Klocke asked salamander owners across the country to swab their cold-blooded pets at home and mail the samples to a lab for diagnosis.

A skin-eating fungus that infiltrated Europe through the global wildlife trade is threatening the continent's native salamanders, including extinction of whole species, and could do the same in ...

Salamander is a great kitty! He’d make the perfect addition to any home. He is neutered, microchipped, and up to date on vaccines. If you are interested in meeting sweet, lovable Salamander or ...

They sell salamanders caught wild in nearly every state in the country along with hundreds of thousands bred in captivity, shipping them to individual pet owners or mom-and-pop pet stores in other ...

Exotic pet owners know that humidity levels are important for reptiles. But they’re even more essential for amphibians. This is because frogs and salamanders have very delicate skin. It doesn ...