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Dr Lee Berger Amphibian Diseases Group School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine James Cook University Townsville 4811 AUSTRALIA	Amphibian pathologist and disease expert	Phone: -61-7-47 782245  Fax: -61-(0)7-47791426  leep_berger@yahoo.com.au
Dr Phil Bishop Department of Zoology University of Otago PO Box 56 Dunedin NEW ZEALAND	Zoologist with expertise in diagnosis of chytrids Chair DAPTF New Zealand	Phone: -64-34797990  Fax: -64-34797584   phillip.bishop@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Prof Andy Blaustein Department of Zoology and Director, Environmental Sciences Graduate Program 3029 Cordley Hall Oregon State University Corvallis Oregon 97331-2914 USA	Interaction of pathogens, UV-light, environmental polutants in causing amphibian declines.	Phone: -1-541-737-3705  Fax: -1-541-737-0501  blaustea@science.oregonstate.edu
Dr Ben Bolker 620 Bartram Hall Zoology Department Box 118525 University of Florida Gainesville Florida 32611-8525 AUSTRALIA	Modelling host-pathogen dynamics in declining amphibian populations	Phone: -1-352 392-5697  Fax: -1-352 392-3704  bolker@zoo.ufl.edu
Dr Trent K. Bollinger Canadian Co-operative Wildlife Health Centre Department of Veterninary Pathology Western College of Veterinary Medicine University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4 CANADA	Wildlife pathologist working on amphibian diseases, particularly chytridiomycosis and ranaviral disease	Phone: 1-800-567-2033 or 1-306-966-5099  Fax: -1-306-966-7439  Trent.Bollinger@usask.ca
Dr. Jaime Bosch Home pages: http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~ryanlab/jaime/hp.htm http://pc56.mncn.csic.es Departamento de Biología Evolutiva y Biodiversidad Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, CSIC c/ José Gutierrez Abascal 2 28006 Madrid SPAIN	Zoologist with expertise in diagnosis of chytrids	Phone: 34-91-4111328, ext. 1202  Fax: 34-91-5645078   bosch@mncn.csic.es
Donna Boyle Australian Animal Health Laboratory CSIRO Livestock Industries Private Bag 24 Geelong Victoria 3220 AUSTRALIA	Laboratory researcher on chytridiomycosis and iridoviral disease; developed real time PCR for chytridiomycosis	Phone: -61 3 5227 5419  Fax: -61 35227 5555  donna.boyle@csiro.au

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Dr Cynthia Carey Dept of EPO Biology Uni of Colorado Boulder, Colorado USA	Amphibian die offs in USA	Phone: -1-303-492-6014  Fax: -1-303-492-8699  careyc@spot.colorado.edu
Dr V. Gregory Chinchar Dept of Microbiology Uni of Mississippi Medical Center 2500 North State St Jackson, 39211 Mississippi USA	Virologist - Iridoviruses	Phone: -1-601 984 1743  Fax: -1-601) 984 1708  vgregc@fiona.umsmed.edu
Dr Nick Cohen Dept Microbiology and Immunology Uni of Rochester Medical Centre Rochester, New York USA	Amphibian immunologist	Phone: -1-716-275 3412  Fax: -1-716 473-9573  cohen@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
Dr Kathy Converse Veterinary Pathologist National Wildlife Health Center Madison, Wiscosin 53711 USA	Amphibian pathologist	Phone: -1-608- 270- 2445  Fax: -1-608 270-2415  kathy_converse@usgs.gov
Dr John Creeper Agriculture WA AUSTRALIA	Pathologist	Phone: -61 09 368 3333  Fax: -61 09 368 3333  johnc@aidpo.agric.wa.gov.au
Dr Andrew A. Cunningham Veterinary Pathologist Institute of Zoology Zoological Society of London Reagents' Park London NW1 4RY UK	Amphibian pathologist	Phone: -44 171 449 6674  Fax: -44 171 586 1457  a.cunningham@ucl.ac.uk

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Dr Peter Daszak Consortium of Conservation Medicine University of Georgia Athens, Ga 30602 Georgia USA	Reptile and amphibian parasitologist Ultrastructure of protozoa and chytrid fungi	Phone: -1-770 671 9832  Fax: -1-770 390 9930  Daszak@aol.com
Dr Elisabeth Davidson Associate Research Professor of Biology Department of Zoology Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85287-1501 Arizona USA	Zoologist Salamander iridovirus	Phone: -1-602 965 7560  Fax: -1-602 965 2519  e.davidson@ASU.edu
Assoc Prof Louis du Preez School of Environmental Sciences and Development Private Bag X6001 North-West University Potchefstroom 2520 SOUTH AFRICA	Zoologist, parasitologist with expertise in chytridiomycosis	Phone: -27 18 299 2372  Fax: -27 18 299 2370  drklhdp@puknet.puk.ac.za

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Vincenzo Ferri Web page: http://utenti.lycos.it/bufo2000/index.html Loc. Cavagnino di Sotto, 1 I-25015 Desenzano del Garda Brescia ITALY	Amphibian ecologist: coordinator of Italian DAPTF Working Group	Phone: -39-030-9129931  Fax: -39-030-7722248  centrostudiarcadia@virgilio.it

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Dr David Earl Green National Wildlife Health Centre 6006 Schroeder Rd Madison Wisconsin 53711 USA	Amphibian pathologist	Phone: -1-606-270 2377  Fax: -1-608 270 2415  david_green@usgs.gov

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Dr Bill Hartley Taronga Zoo Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA	Veterinary pathologist specialist in Australian wildlife	Phone: -61-(0)2 9978 4618  Fax: -61-(0)43 254 548  No email listed
Jean-Marc Hero http://www.gu.edu.au/school/asc/ppages/academic/jmhero/jmhero.html Senior Lecturer - Vertebrate Ecology Endangered Frog Research Centre School of Environmental and Applied Sciences Griffith University Gold Coast PMB 50, Gold Coast Mail Centre Queensland 9726 AUSTRALIA	Amphibian ecologist - specialising in amphibian declines in Australia, South America, Africa and Borneo.	Phone: -61-(0)7 5552 8661  Fax: -61-(0)7 5552 8067  M.Hero@griffith.edu.au
Dr Bruce Hill Rockhampton Veterinary Laboratory Department of Primary Industries Rockhampton 4700 Queensland AUSTRALIA	Veterinary pathologist	Phone: -61-(0)79 360 274  Fax: -61-(0)79 361 753  No email listed
Harry Hines Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage PO Box 155 Albert St Brisbane 4002 Queensland AUSTRALIA	Amphibian ecologist working on disease	Phone: -61-(0)7-3227 8557  Fax: -61-(0)7-3227 6386  Harry.Hines@env.qld.gov.au
Dr Francis Hulst Taronga Zoo Sydney NSW AUSTRALIA	Veterinarian Amphibian medicine and surgery	Phone: -61-(0)2 9978 4618  Fax: -61-(0)43 254 548  No email listed.
Dr Alex Hyatt CSIRO Australian Animal Health Laboratory Ryrie Rd Geelong 3220 Victoria AUSTRALIA	Principal Research Scientist and Group Leader: Diagnostic Electronmicroscopy and Iridoviruses	Phone: -61-(0)3-52275000  Fax: -61-(0)3-52275555  alex.hyatt@csiro.au

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James Jancovich Department of Biology Arizona State University Tempe AZ 85281-1501 Arizona USA	Salamander iridovirus	Phone: -1-602-?  Fax: -1-602-965 2519  janc123@IMAP1.ASU.EDU

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Dr Karen Lips Dept of Zoology Southern Illinois University Carbondale Illinois USA	Amphibian ecologist - specialising in central American declines	Phone:   Fax: -  Klips@zoology.siu.edu
Dr Joyce Longcore Department of Biological Sciences University of Maine, 5722 Deering Hall Orono 04473-5722 USA	Chytrid expert	Phone: 1-207 581-4396  Fax: -1-207 581-2969  longcore@maine.maine.edu

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Gerry Marantelli Amphibian Research Centre PO Box 424 Brunswick 3056 Victoria AUSTRALIA	Captive husbandry of amphibians	Phone: -61-(0)3-9354 4718  Fax: -61-(0)3-9306 9356  arc@frogs.org.au
Zuleyka L. Maynard Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Apartado 2072 Balboa REPUBLIC OF PANAMA	Zoology student: Studying chytrids in Panama	Phone: -  Fax: -  MAYNARDZ@bci.si.edu
Dr Keith McDonald Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Wet Tropics District Office PO Box 834 Atherton 4883 Queensland AUSTRALIA	Amphibian ecologist and taxonomist working on disease aspects	Phone: -61-(0)7-4091 4262  Fax: -61-(0)7-4091 4270  kmcdona@tpgi.com.au
Diana Mendez Rainforest CRC c/- School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine James Cook University Townsville 4811 AUSTRALIA	Veterinarian - amphibian diseases	Phone: -61-(0)7-47225700  Fax: -61-(0)7-47225788 -  diana.mendez@jcu.edu.au
Andrés Merino-Viteri Centro de Biodiversidad y Ambiente Museo de Zoología (QCAZ) Escuela de Biología Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador Av. 12 de Octubre y Roca Casilla Postal 17-01-2184 Quito ECUADOR	Studying the ecology of chytrid epidemics in Ecuador	Phone: -593-(0)2-2991700  Fax: -593-(0)2-2991687 -  armerino@puce.edu.ec
Dr Jess Morgan Department of Plant and Microbial Biology 111 Koshland Hall UC Berkeley Berkeley California 94720 USA	Molecular biology of amphibian chytrids	Phone: -1-510-6428441 Fax: 1-510-6424995 jmorgan@nature.berkeley.edu
Dr Frank Mutschmann Tierarztpraxis Am Tierpark 64 D-10319 Berlin GERMANY	Amphibian pathologist	Phone:  Fax:  Mutschmann@aol.com

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Dr Martin Ouellet Redpath Museum McGill University 859 Sherbrooke St. West Montreal Quebec H3A 2K6 CANADA	Amphibian pathologist: Deformities, toxicology, pathology	Phone: -1-514-398-4086, ext. 3190#  Fax: -1-514-398-3185  mouell9@po-box.mcgill.ca
Dr Leigh Owens Senior Lecturer Aquatic Pathobiology School of Molecular and Biomedical Sciences James Cook University Townsville 4811 Queensland AUSTRALIA	Fish pathologist, work on Bohle iridovirus in fish and amphibians	Phone:  Fax:  lee.owens@jcu.edu.au

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Dr Helen Parkes Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries Darwin Northern Territory AUSTRALIA	Amphibian pathologist	Phone: -61-(0)8-89992227  Fax: -61-(0)8-89992024  Helen.Parkes@DPIF.nt.gov.au
Dr Louis Du Pasquier Basel Inst for Immunology PO Box 4005 Basel Switzerland	Amphibian immunology	Phone: -41 61 605 11 11  Fax: -41 61 605 12 22  dupasquier@dial.eunet.ch
Dr Alan Pessier DVM, Dipl. ACVP Associate Pathologist Department of Pathology Zoological Society of San Diego P.O. Box 120551 San Diego California 92112-0551 USA	Amphibian pathologist	Phone: -1-(619) 231-1515, Ext 4510#  Fax:   APessier@sandiegozoo.org

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Dr Richard Retallick Post-doctoral Research Associate School of Life Sciences Arizona State University P O Box 874501 Tempe Arizona 85287-4501 USA	Amphibian ecology, disease transmission in North Qld populations, mapping of chytridiomycosis	Phone: -1-480-965-5857  Fax: -1-480-965-6899  Richard.Retallick@graduates.jcu.edu.au or Richard.Retallick@asu.edu
Dr Louise Rollins-Smith Microbiology, Immunology and Pediatrics Vanderbuilt University Medical Center N. Nashville Tennessee 37232-2580 USA	Amphibian immunologist	Phone: -  Fax: -  Email:
Dr Karrie Rose Veterinary pathologist Veterinary and Quarantine Centre Taronga Zoo PO Box 20 Mosman 2088 New South Wales	Wildlife pathologist	Phone: -61-(0)2-9978 4749  Fax: -61-(0)2-9978 4516  Email: pathz@ozemail.com.au

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Danna Schock Biology Arizona State University Tempe Arizona 85287-1501 USA	Disease ecologist, especially amphibian viral diseases particularly Regina Ranavirus in salamanders	Phone: -1-480-965-5232 or -1-306-966-5099  Fax: -1-480-965-2519 or -1-306-966-7439 (same as phone numbers)  danna.schock@asu.edu
Dr Lee Skerratt School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences James Cook University Townsville 4811 Queensland AUSTRALIA	Wildlife pathologist, parasitologist, epidemiologist	Phone: -61-(0)7-47814838  Fax: -61-(0)7-47791426   lee.skerratt@jcu.edu.au
Dr Ron Slocombe Veterinary Clinical Centre University of Melbourne Werribee 3330 Victoria AUSTRALIA	Amphibian pathologist	Phone: -61-(0)3-9741 3500  Fax: -?  Ron_Slocombe@muwayf.unimelb.edu.au
Assoc Prof Rick Speare School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine James Cook University Townsville 4811 Queensland AUSTRALIA	Amphibian diseases	Phone: -61-(0)7-47225777  Fax: -61-(0)7-47225788   richard.speare@jcu.edu.au
Michael J. Sredl Arizona Game and Fish Department Nongame Branch 2221 W. Greenway Road Phoenix 85023-4399 Arizona USA	Ranid Frogs Projects Coordinator and Coordinator DAPTF SW USA Working Group	Phone: -1-602 7893515  Fax: -1-602 7893926   msredl@gf.state.az.us

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Dr Bruce Waldman Department of Zoology University of Canterbury Private Bag 4800 Christchurch NEW ZEALAND	Amphibian zoologist studying frog declines and chytridiomycosis	Phone: -64 3 364 2066  Fax: 64 3 364 2024   bw@zool.canterbury.ac.nz
Ché Weldon School of Environmental Sciences and Development Private Bag X6001 North-West University Potchefstroom 2520 SOUTH AFRICA	Zoologist, parasitologist with expertise in chytridiomycosis; PhD on chytridiomycosis in Xenopus spp.	Phone: -27 18 299 2503  Fax: -27 18 299 2512  Mobile: -27 83 797 1575  drkcw@puknet.puk.ac.za
Dr Richard Whittington Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute NSW Agriculture PO Box 8 Cambden 2570 NSW AUSTRALIA	Aquatic vertebrate pathologist	Phone: -61-(0)46-293 333  Fax: -61-(0)46-293 300   richard.whittington@smtpgwy.agric.nsw.gov.au
John Woods Pisces Molecular LLC 5311 Western Avenue, Suite E Boulder Colorado 80301 USA	Diagnostic PCR test for chytridiomycosis.	Phone: -1-303-546-9300  Fax: -1-303-546-940  jwood@piscesmolecular.com
DrDoug Woodhams Microbiology and Immunology Department Vanderbilt University Nashville Tennesee USA	PhD on chytridiomycosis and Nth Qld tropical frogs. Now working on skin peptides.	Phone: -1-615-322-2087  Fax: -1-615-343-7392  douglas.c.woodhams@Vanderbilt.Edu

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Prof Dr P. Zwart Burg.v.d. Weijerstraat 16 NL-3981 EK Bunnik THE NETHERLANDS	Pathologist of amphibians, reptiles and invertebrates	Phone: -31-(0)30-65 66 644   Fax: -31-(0)30-65 67 262   bibliozoo.p.zwart@wxs.nl