Fig 1.
Fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) covered with Bsal ulcerations, which are visible as black spots (photo credit = F. Pasmans).
Fig 2.
Bsal infection in the skin of a fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra), characterized by extensive epidermal necrosis, presence of high numbers of intra-epithelial colonial chytrid thalli, and loss of epithelial integrity (H&E staining, scale bar = 50 μm; photo credit = A. Martel and F. Pasmans).
Fig 3.
Number of live salamanders from four genera (Cynops, Paramesotriton, Salamandra, Tylototriton) imported into the US from 2004 to 2014 (USFWS Law Enforcement Management Information System [LEMIS]); these genera comprise 95% of all legally traded salamander imports.
Table 1.
Estimated annual value (USD) of salamanders imported into the US based on 2014 imports (see S1 Table) and a range of market values (low, median, and high).