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. 2017 Oct 13;7:13132. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13500-2

Table 1.

Summary of salamander species tested for Bsal and Bd in U.S. captive collections.

Family Genus Species N Bsal Bd Number Imported 2010–2016
Ambystomatidae Ambystoma spp. 109 0 1 1,762
Plethodontidae Aneides aeneus 4 0 0
Desmognathus spp. 6 0 0
Ensatina eschscholtzii 7 0 0 3
Eurycea spp. 4 0 0
Gyrinophilus porphyriticus 1 0 0
Hemidactylium scutatum 2 0 0
Plethodon spp. 16 0 0
Pseudotriton ruber 2 0 0
Urspelerpes brucei 1 0 0
Salamandridae Cynops chenggongensis 3 0 0
cyanurus 42 0 0 3,493
ensicauda 16 0 0 14
orientalis 49 0 1 306,176
pyrrhogaster 30 0 0 69,012
Ichthyosaura alpestris 36 0 0
Laotriton laoensis 1 0 0 30
Lissotriton vulgaris 7 0 0
Neurergus crocatus 15 0 0 325
kaiseri 28 0 1 90
strauchii 8 0 0
Notophthalmus viridescens 17 0 1 469
Paramesotriton labiatus 4 0 0 12,162
caudopunctatus 1 0 0
chinensis 6 0 0 1,301
deloustali 1 0 0 8
hongkongensis 14 0 0 190,011
Pleurodeles nebulosus 2 0 0
waltl 25 0 2 207
Salamandra salamandra 40 0 0 8,509
Taricha granulosa 10 0 0
rivularis 7 0 0
sierrae 1 0 0
torosa 15 0 0
Triturus carnifex 1 0 0 123
dobrogicus 29 0 1
ivanbrueschi 4 0 0
karelinii 15 0 0
macadonicus 3 0 0
marmoratus 24 0 0 16
pygmaeus 1 0 0
Tylototriton kweichowensis 11 0 0 1,704
verrucosus 8 0 0 406
yangi 13 0 0
Total 22 genera 65 species 639 0 7 595,821

Genera in bold text include species susceptible to Bsal and are listed as of January 28, 2016 in the “injurious wildlife” provision under the Lacey Act (18 U.S.C. § 42). A complete table with all species tested can be found in Supplementary Table S1.