•Chytridiomycosis identified
as cause of amphibian declines in 1997
•Key paper (Berger et al.)
published in 1998
•Getting the Jump on Amphibian
Diseases Conference recommend nominate as Key Threatening
Process (KTP) – August 2000
•Nominated as a KTP – Dec
2000
•Accepted as a KTP requiring a
Threat Abatement Plan (TAP) – July 2002
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