Podcast: Can policy prevent a North American salamander pandemic?

Mongabay
Jul 15, 2020, 5:17 pm201 pts
The U.S. is home to the world’s highest diversity of salamander species, many of which are thought to be susceptible to the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans or ‘Bsal’ for short. In response, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service imposed a ban on the trade of 201 salamander species in 2016.…

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