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An import ban is a good measure. It's a pity it took a disease for the USFWS to bother to stop the import of wild caught animals. However, the inter-state trade in these animals by hobbyists who captive breed them will be devastated by this. What is USARK going to do about it?! First they stop inter-state trade in salamanders. Then they may decide that the latest Ranavirus strain means they will ban inter-state trade in frogs. Then it's on to snakes and lizards. The inter-state trade ban needs to be fought or more bans will follow that you _do_ care about. Don't let this precedent stand.
Remember that no one has ever had direct evidence of inter-state captive trade introducing Chytrid fungus, but researchers have carried Chytrid to populations of endangered amphibians and wiped them out. If Chytrid/B.d. Wasn't proven to be spread by hobbyists, it seems unlikely that the less robust pathogen B. sal. will be spread by them either. For more information on this please drop by Caudata.org.
USARK please do your job, before it's too late.
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