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Volume 32, Number 7—July 2026

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Inconsistent Strategies to Mitigate the Effects of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, Europe

Philipp BöningComments to Author , Stefan Lötters, Vojtech Baláž, Wouter Beukema, Jaime Bosch, Salvador Carranza, Andrew A. Cunningham, Jesse Erens, Matthew C. Fisher, Trenton W.J. Garner, Maarten J. Gilbert, Florian Glaser, Christian Gortazar, Elena Grasselli, Matthew J. Gray, Daniel Fernández-Guiberteau, Thierry Kinet, Rok Kostanjšek, David Lastra González, Arnaud Laudelout, An Martel, Albert Martínez-Silvestre, Claude Miaud, Maciej Pabijan, Amadeus Plewnia, Doris Preininger, Riinu Rannap, Sebastiano Salvidio, Maximilian Schweinsberg, Annemarieke Spitzen-van der Sluijs, Raf Stassen, Ilias Strachinis, Barbora Thumsová, Jonas Virgo, Jiří Vojar, Michael Veith, and Frank Pasmans
Author affiliation: Trier University, Trier, Germany (P. Böning, S. Lötters, J. Erens, A. Plewnia, M. Veith); University of Veterinary Sciences Brno, Brno, Czech Republic (V. Baláž); Reptile, Amphibian & Fish Conservation Netherlands (RAVON), Nijmegen, the Netherlands (W. Beukema, M.J. Gilbert); Biodiversity Research Institute (IMIB), CSIC-University of Oviedo-Principality of Asturias, Mieres, Spain (J. Bosch); Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-UPF), Barcelona, Spain (S. Carranza); Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, UK (A.A. Cunningham, T.W.J. Garner); Imperial College School of Public Health, London (M.C. Fisher); North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa (T.W.J. Garner); Technisches Büro für Biologie, Absam, Austria (F. Glaser); SaBio Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos IREC (UCLM-CSIC-JCCM), Ciudad Real, Spain (C. Gortazar); University of Genova, Genova, Italy (E. Grasselli, S. Salvidio); University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA (M.J. Gray); Centre de Recerca i Educació Ambiental de Calafell (CREAC-GRENP-Ajuntament de Calafell), Tarragona, Spain (D. Fernández-Guiberteau); Natagora, Namur, Belgium (T. Kinet, A. Laudelout); University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia (R. Kostanjšek); Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic (D.L. González, J. Vojar); University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan (D.L. González); Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium (A. Martel, A. Plewnia, F. Pasmans); Catalonian Reptiles and Amphibians Rescue Center (CRARC), Barcelona, Spain (A. Martínez-Silvestre); CNRS, EPHE-PSL University, Montpellier, France (C. Miaud); Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland (M. Pabijan); Vienna Zoo, Vienna, Austria (D. Preininger); University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia (R. Rannap); University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany (M. Schweinsberg); Ministry of Defence, The Hague, the Netherlands (A. Spitzen-van der Sluijs); Biota.lu sàrl, Hostert, Luxembourg (R. Stassen); Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (I. Strachinis); Charles University, Prague (B. Thumsová); University of Bochum, Bochum, Germany (J. Virgo)

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Efforts by country in the European Union and United Kingdom in study of inconsistent strategies to mitigate the effects of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, Europe. A) Known B. salamandrivorans sites in wild caudate populations (indicated by black dots) (29) and countries with B. salamandrivorans records from captive and wild populations (outlined in red) (Appendix 2 Table). B) Funding in Euros per country during 2013–2025 in classes (0 = no data; 1 = <50,000; 2 = 50,000–100,000; 3 = >100,000–500,000; 4 = >500,000–2 million; 5 = >2 million) C) Number of B. salamandrivorans projects per country during 2013–2025 in classes (0 = no data; 1 = 1–4; 2 = 5–9; 3 = 10–19; 4 = >20 projects).

Figure 1. Efforts by country in the European Union and United Kingdom in study of inconsistent strategies to mitigate the effects of Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans, Europe. A) Known B. salamandrivorans sites in wild caudate populations (indicated by black dots) (29) and countries with B. salamandrivorans records from captive and wild populations (outlined in red) (Appendix 2 Table). B) Funding in Euros per country during 2013–2025 in classes (0 = no data; 1 = <50,000; 2 = 50,000–100,000; 3 = >100,000–500,000; 4 = >500,000–2 million; 5 = >2 million) C) Number of B. salamandrivorans projects per country during 2013–2025 in classes (0 = no data; 1 = 1–4; 2 = 5–9; 3 = 10–19; 4 = >20 projects).

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