Seventy-two Caucasian salamanders, Mertensiella caucasica, were collected from 5 localities in Turkey between 1995 and 2001 and examined for helminths. One species of Monogenea, Euzetrema caucasica; 2 species of Digenea, Brachycoelium salamandrae and Opisthioglyphe rastellus; 1 species of Cestoda, Nematotaenia dispar; 4 species of Nematoda, Amphibiocapillaria tritonispunctati, Aplectana acuminata, Cosmocerca longicauda, and Mertensinema iberica; and 1 species of Acanthocephala, Acanthocephalus ranae, were found. One new host record and 6 new locality records are reported.
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1 January 2005
Helminth Parasites of the Caucasian Salamander, Mertensiella caucasica, from Turkey
Hikmet S. Yildirimhan,
Charles R. Bursey,
Stephen R. Goldberg
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Acanthocephala
Caucasian salamander
Cestoda
Digenea
Mertensiella caucasica
Monogenea
Nematoda