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2019
Soto-Azat, C., Alvarado-Rybak, M., Barria-Oyarzo, I., Gonzalez, P., Valenzuela-Sánchez, A., Cunningham, A., Flechas, S. V., & Bacigalupe, L. D. Synthesis of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in South America reveals species and areas under greatest risk of extinction from chytridiomycosis. In review. Scientific Reports.
Scheele, B. C, Pasmans, F., Berger, L., Skerratt, L. F., Martel, A., Beukema, W., Acevedo, A. A., Burrowes, P. A., Carvalho, T., Catenazzi, A., De La Riva, I., Fisher, M. C., Flechas, S. V., Foster, C. N., Frías-Álvarez, P., Garner, T. W. J., Gratwicke, B., Guayasamin, J. M., Hirschfeld, M., Kolby, J. E., Kosch, T. A., La Marca, E., Lindenmayer, D. B., Lips, K. R., Longo, A. V., Maneyro, R., McDonald, C. A., Mendelson III, J., Palacios-Rodriguez, P., Parra-Olea, G., Richards-Zawacki, C. L., Rödel, M. O., Rovito, S. M., Soto-Azat, C., Toledo, L. F., Voyles, J., Weldon, C., Whitfield, S. M., Wilkinson, M., Zamudio, K. R. & Canessa, S. Amphibian fungal panzootic causes catastrophic and ongoing loss of biodiversity. Science. 363: 1459-1463. See video.
Selected media coverage:
The conversation. Deadly frog fungus has wiped out 90 species and threatens hundreds more.
ScienceNews. Chytrid's frog-killing toll has been tallied and it's bad.
National Geographic. Amphibian 'apocalypse' caused by most destructive pathogen ever.
Scientific American. Amphibian-killing invasive fungus causes record wildlife loss.
The Guardian. Deadly skin-eating fungal diseases wipes out 90 amphibian species in 50 years.
The Atlantic. The worst disease ever recorded.
Mongabay Latam. Temible hongo tuvo efectos devastadores en anfibios de Latinoamérica.
Urbina, J., Galeano, S. P., Bacigalupe, L. D. & Flechas, S. V. Disease ecology: Past and present for a better future. XI Latin American Congress of Herpetology, Quito, Ecuador, July 24-28, 2017. Copeia. 107(1):111-119.
Flechas, S. V., Acosta-González, A., Escobar, L. A., Kueneman, J. G., Sánchez-Quitian, Z. A., Parra, C. P., Rollins-Smith, L. A., Reinert, L. K., Vredenburg, V. T., Amézquita, A. & Woodhams, D. C. 2019. Microbiota and skin defense peptides may facilitate coexistence of two sympatric Andean frog species with a lethal pathogen. The ISME Journal. 13:361-373.
Bernal , X., Rojas, B., Pinto-E, M. A., et al. (254 authors). 2019. Empowering Latina Scientists. Science 363: 825-826.
2018
Flechas, S. V., Ortega-Chinchilla, J. E., Arenas, L. M. & Amézquita, A. 2018. The function of supplementary notes in the communication system of Johnstone's Whistling Frog, Eleutherodactylus johnstonei. Herpetological Review. 49(4):626-632.
Ellison, S., Rovito, S., Parra-Olea, G., Vásquez-Almazán, C., Flechas, S. V., Bi, K. & Vredenburg, V. T. 2018. The influence of habitat and phylogeny on the skin microbiome of amphibians in Guatemala and Mexico. Microbial Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1288-8
Gómez-Hoyos, D. A., Cardona, W., González-Durán, G, A., Flechas, S. V., Kattan, G. H. & Velasco, J. A. 2018. The population decline of Atelopus quimbaya (Anura: Bufonidae) in the Andes of Colombia. Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetología. 1(1):34-42
Catenazzi, A., Flechas, S. V., Burkart, D., Hooven,N. D., Townsend, J. & Vredenburg, V. T. 2018. Widespread occurrence of antifungal bacteria in Andean amphibians decimated by disease: A complex role for skin in defense against chytridiomycosis. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.00465
2017
Woodhams, D. C., LaBumbard, B. C., Barnhart, K. L., Becker, M. H., Bletz, M. C., Escobar, L. A., Flechas, S. V., Forman, M. E., Iannetta, A. A., Joyce, M. D., Rabemananjara, F., Gratwicke, B., Vences, M. & Minbiole, K. P. C. 2017. Prodigiosin, violacein, and volatile organic compounds produced by widespread cutaneous bacteria of amphibians can inhibit two Batrachochytrium fungal pathogens. Microbial Ecology. doi: 10.1007/s00248-017-1095-7. 75: 1049-1062. Cover for the Issue!!
Flechas, S. V., Blasco, A., Merino-Viteri, A., Ramírez-Castañeda, V., Rivera, M. & Amézquita, A. 2017. The effect of captivity on the skin microbial symbionts in three Atelopus species from the lowlands of Colombia and Ecuador. Peer J. 5:e3594. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3594
Flechas, S. V., Paz, A., Crawford, A. J., Sarmiento, C., Acevedo, A. A., Arboleda, A., Bolívar-G, W., Echeverry-Sandoval, C.L., Franco, R., Mojica, C., Muñoz, A., Palacios, P., Posso-Terranova, A. M., Quintero-Marín, P., Rueda-Solano, L. A., Castro-H, F. & Amézquita, A. 2017. Current and predicted distribution of the pathogenic fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Colombia, a hotspot of amphibian biodiversity. Biotropica. 49: 685-694. doi:10.1111/btp.12457
Burkart, D., Flechas, S. V., Vredenburg, V. & Catenazzi, A. 2017. Cutaneous bacteria, but not peptides, are associated with chytridiomycosis resistance in Peruvian marsupial frogs. Animal Conservation. doi: 01.111/acv.12352
2016
Rueda-Solano, L. A., Flechas, S. V., Galvis-Aparicio, M., Rocha-Usuga, A. A., Rincón, E. J., Cuadrado-Peña, B. & Franke-Ante, R. 2016. Epidemiological surveillance and amphibian assemblage status at the Estación Experimental de San Lorenzo, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation. 10(1):7-19
Yap, T., Gillespie, L., Ellison, S., Flechas, S. V., Koo, M. S., Martinez, A. E. & Vredenburg, V. T. 2016. Invasion of the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on California Islands.
EcoHealth. 13(1): 145-150.
2015
Flechas, S. V., Vredenburg, V. T. & Amézquita, A. 2015. Infection prevalence in three lowland species of harlequin toads from the threatened genus Atelopus. Herpetological Review. 46(4): 528-532.
Guarnizo, C. E., Paz, A., Muñoz, A., Flechas, S. V., Méndez-Narvaez, J. & Crawford, A. J. 2015. DNA barcoding survey of anurans across the eastern cordillera of Colombia and the impact of the Andes on cryptic diversity. PLoS ONE. 10(5): e0127312. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0127312
Méndez-Narváez, J., Flechas, S. V. & Amézquita, A. 2015. Foam nests provide context-dependent thermal insulation to embryos of three leptodactylid frogs. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. 88(3): 246-253
Woodhams, D. C, Alford, R., Antwis, R. E., Archer, H., Becker, M., Belden, L., Bell, S. C., Bletz, M., Daskin, J. H., Davis, L., Flechas, S. V., Lauer, A., Gonzalez, A., Harris, R. N., Holden, W., Hughey, M., Ibañez, R., Knight, R., Kueneman, J., Rabemananjara, F., Reinert, L., Rollins-Smith, L., Roman-Rodriguez, F., Shaw, S. D., Walke, J. & McKenzie, V. 2015. Antifungal isolates database of amphibian skin-associated bacteria and function against emerging fungal pathogens. Ecological Archives. 96: 595
2014
Molina-Zuluaga, C., Restrepo, A., Flechas, S. V. & Daza, J. M. 2014. Short-term population dynamics of three frogs species in the northern Andes, Colombia. The South American Journal of Herpetology. 9(3): 200 – 206.
2013
Rosenblum, E. B., James, T. Y., Zamudio, K. R., Thomas, P., Ilut, D., Rodriguez, D., Eastman, J., Richards-Hrdlicka, K., Joneson, S., Jenkinson, T., Longcore, J., Parra-Olea, G., Toledo, L. F., Arellano, M. L., Medina, E., Restrepo, S., Flechas, S, V., Berger, L., Briggs, C. & Stajich, J. E. 2013. Complex history of the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus revealed with genome resequencing data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1300130110.
Flechas, S. V., Medina, E. M., Crawford, A. J., Sarmiento, C., Cárdenas, M., Amézquita, A. & Restrepo, S. 2013. Characterization of the first Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis isolate from the Colombian Andes, an amphibian biodiversity hotspot. EcoHealth 10: 72-76. doi: 10.1007/s10393-013-0823-9.
2012
Flechas, S. V., Sarmiento, C., Cárdenas, M. E., Medina, E. M., Restrepo, S. & Amézquita, A. 2012. Surviving chytridiomycosis: differential anti-Bd activity in bacterial isolates from three lowland species of Atelopus. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44832. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044832.
Flechas, S. V., Sarmiento, C. & Amézquita, A. 2012. Bd on the beach: High prevalence of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the lowland forest of Gorgona Island (Colombia, South America). EcoHealth 9(3): 298-302. doi: 10.1007/s10393-012-0771-9
2011
Amézquita, A., Flechas, S. V., Lima, A., Gasser, H. & Hödl, W. 2011. Acoustic interference and recognition space within a complex assemblage of dendrobatid frogs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108(41): 17058 – 17063.
2002
Sarmiento, C., Echeverry, M. A. & Flechas, S. V. 2002. Notes on the nesting behavior of Stenodynerus otomitus (De Saussure, 1857) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in Colombia. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 110(3-4): 413 – 416.
