Amphibian declines is a paradigmatic example in the context of the current sixth mass extinction. Drivers of these declines include the fungal pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd). The skin disease caused by this fungus is named chytridiomycosis and affects the vital function of amphibian skin. In this study we analysed by means of real-time PCR the abundance of Bd in more than 1300 Italian amphibian swabs. Preliminary results show a diffusion of Bd in 11 out of the 17 species tested and a prevalence of the fungus in 6% of the individual infestation rate was relatively low, not overpassing 150 genome equivalents of Bd.