New records of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Chilean frogs.

We used molecular techniques to examine 11 species of frogs in 6 localities in southern Chile to ascertain the incidence of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). We detected the fungus in 2 localities (Conaripe and Raul Marin Balmaceda) in 3 species: Batrachyla lep- topus, Pleurodema thaul and Rhinoderma darwinii. Our findings expand the list of Bd hosts to include B. leptopus and P. thaul and extend the spatial distribution in Chile to include the southernmost Bd record at Raul Marin Balmaceda.