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1 July 2007 Gastrointestinal Helminths from Six Species of Frogs and Three Species of Lizards, Sympatric in Pará State, Brazil
Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles R. Bursey, Janalee P. Caldwell, Laurie J. Vitt, Gabriel C. Costa
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Abstract

Forty-three frogs representing 6 species (Dendropsophus cachimbo, Scinax fuscomarginatus, Leptodactylus fuscus, Leptodactylus martinezi, Leptodactylus mystaceus, and Leptodactylus rhodomystax) and 35 lizards representing 3 species (Kentropyx calcarata, Leposoma osvaldoi, and Potamites ecpleopus) collected in the Brazilian state of Pará were examined for helminths. One species of Trematoda, Brachycoelium salamandrae, and 12 species of Nematoda, adults of Capillaria recondita, Cosmocerca brasiliense, Cosmocerca podicipinus, Falcaustra belemensis, Falcaustra maculata, Kentropyxia sauria, Oswaldocruzia vaucheri, Physaloptera retusa, Schrankiana formulosa, Schrankiana fuscus, Schrankiana schranki, and juveniles of Acuariidae gen. sp., were found. Only B. salamandrae occurred in both frogs and lizards. There were 1.53 ± 0.13 (x ± 1 SE) helminth species/infected frogs and 28.52 ± 11.7 helminth individuals/infected frogs and 1.12 ± 0.08 helminth species/infected lizards and 6.47 ± 1.58 helminth individuals/infected lizards. Thirteen new host records and 2 new locality records are reported.

Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles R. Bursey, Janalee P. Caldwell, Laurie J. Vitt, and Gabriel C. Costa "Gastrointestinal Helminths from Six Species of Frogs and Three Species of Lizards, Sympatric in Pará State, Brazil," Comparative Parasitology 74(2), 327-342, (1 July 2007). https://doi.org/10.1654/4268.1
Published: 1 July 2007
KEYWORDS
Anura
Brazil
Nematoda
Pará
Sauria
Trematoda
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