Consistency of Published Results on the Pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Madagascar: Formal Comment on Kolby et al. Rapid Response to Evaluate the Presence of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) and Ranavirus in Wild Amphibian Populations in Madagascar

• Molly C. Bletz ,

  * E-mail: molly.bletz@gmail.com

  Affiliation Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany

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• Gonçalo M. Rosa,

  Affiliations Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NR, United Kingdom, Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent’s Park, London, NW1 4RY, United Kingdom, Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, Bloco 2, Piso 5, Campo Grande, 1749–016, Lisbon, Portugal

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• Franco Andreone,

  Affiliations Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Via G. Giolitti, 36, I-10123, Torino, Italy, IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group-Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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• Elodie A. Courtois,

  Affiliations CNRS-Guyane, USR 3456, 2 avenue Gustave Charlery, 97300, Cayenne, Guyane Française, Station d’écologie expérimentale du CNRS à Moulis, USR 2936, 2 route du CNRS, 09200, Moulis, France

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• Dirk S. Schmeller,

  Affiliations UFZ–Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Department of Conservation Biology, Permoserstr. 15, 04318, Leipzig, Germany, EcoLab (Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environement), CNRS/Université de Toulouse, UPS, INPT, 118 route de Narbonne, 31062, Toulouse, France

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• Nirhy H. C. Rabibisoa,

  Affiliations IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group-Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar, Département de Biologie Animale et Ecologie, Faculté des Sciences, University of Mahajanga, Ambondrona, B.P. 652, Mahajanga 401, Madagascar

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• Falitiana C. E. Rabemananjara,

  Affiliation University of Antananarivo, BP 566, Antananarivo 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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• Liliane Raharivololoniaina,

  Affiliation University of Antananarivo, BP 566, Antananarivo 101, Antananarivo, Madagascar

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• Miguel Vences,

  Affiliation Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Mendelssohnstr. 4, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany

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• Ché Weldon,

  Affiliation Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management, North-West University, Private Bag X6001, Potchefstroom, 2520, South Africa

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• Devin Edmonds,

  Affiliation Association Mitsinjo, Lot 104 A Andasibe Gare, Andasibe, 514, Madagascar

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• Christopher J. Raxworthy,

  Affiliation Department of Herpetology, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St., New York, NY, 10024, United States of America

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• Reid N. Harris,

  Affiliation Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, 22807, United States of America

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• Matthew C. Fisher,

  Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Imperial College London, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom

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• Angelica Crottini

  Affiliation CIBIO Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto, Campus Agrário de Vairão, Rua Padre Armando Quintas, N°7, 4485–661 Vairão, Vila do Conde, Portugal

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