Eight Fejervarya limnocharis from southwestern Taiwan were examined for helminths. Two species of Nematoda, Cosmocerca ornata and Oswaldocruzia hoepplii, and 1 species of Acanthocephala, Pseudoacanthocephalus bufonis, were found. A survey of helminths infecting other populations of F. limnocharis indicates that this frog is infected by generalist helminths that also infect a variety of other anurans. Taiwan is a new locality record for P. bufonis.
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1 January 2013
Gastrointestinal Helminths of the Marshland Frog, Fejervarya limnocharis (Anura: Ranidae), from Taiwan, R.O.C
Gerrut Norval,
Charles R. Bursey,
Stephen R. Goldberg,
Jeanette Arreola,
Shao-Chang Huang,
Jean-Jay Mao
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Comparative Parasitology
Vol. 80 • No. 1
January 2013
Vol. 80 • No. 1
January 2013
Cosmocerca ornata
Fejervarya limnocharis
Formosa
helminths
marshland frog
Oswaldocruzia hoepplii
Pseudoacanthocephalus bufonis