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Disease reservoirs threaten the recently rediscovered Podocarpus Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus podocarpus)

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  • 1. Department of Chemistry, University College London, London, UNITED KINGDOM & Museo de Zoologίa (QCAZ), Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Catόlica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre, 1076 y Roca, Quito, ECUADOR & MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UNITED KINGDOM & Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, NW1 4RY, UNITED KINGDOM
  • 2. Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, Les Augrès Manor, La Profonde Rue, Trinity, Jersey JE3 5BP, Channel Islands, UNITED KINGDOM
  • 3. School of Science, Engineering and Environment, University of Salford, UNITED KINGDOM
  • 4. SARgrillo: Ex-situ Management Program of Endangered Amphibians and Insect Breeding Program, Quito, ECUADOR & Museo de Zoologίa (QCAZ), Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Catόlica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre, 1076 y Roca, Quito, ECUADOR
  • 5. Iniciativa de Conservación "Balsa de los Sapos", Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Catόlica del Ecuador, Quito, ECUADOR & Museo de Zoologίa (QCAZ), Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Catόlica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre, 1076 y Roca, Quito, ECUADOR
  • 6. Museo de Zoologίa (QCAZ), Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Catόlica del Ecuador, Av. 12 de Octubre, 1076 y Roca, Quito, ECUADOR
  • 7. MRC Centre for Global Infectious Disease Analysis, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, UNITED KINGDOM

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Jervis, Phillip, Karlsdόttir, Berglind, Jehle, Robert, Almeida-Reinoso, Diego, Almeida-Reinoso, Freddy, Ron, Santiago, Fisher, Matthew C., Merino-Viteri, Andrés (2020): Disease reservoirs threaten the recently rediscovered Podocarpus Stubfoot Toad (Atelopus podocarpus). Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e243) 14 (2): 157-164, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13258155

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