Helminth Parasites of the Dark-Sided Salamander, Eurycea longicauda melanopleura (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from Arkansas

Chris T. McAllister; Charles R. Bursey; Matthew B. Connior; Henry W. Robison; Thomas J. Fayton

doi:10.1654/4753.1

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1 July 2015 Helminth Parasites of the Dark-Sided Salamander, Eurycea longicauda melanopleura (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from Arkansas

Chris T. McAllister, Charles R. Bursey, Matthew B. Connior, Henry W. Robison, Thomas J. Fayton

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Comparative Parasitology, 82(2):306-311 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1654/4753.1

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Forty-seven dark-sided salamanders (Eurycea longicauda melanopleura) were collected from 5 counties of northern Arkansas and examined for helminth parasites. Twenty-four (51%) were infected with 1 or more helminths, including 8 (17%) with Brachycoelium salamandrae, 8 (17%) with Bothriocephalus rarus, 3 (6%) with Omeia papillocauda, 5 (11%) with Oswaldocruzia euryceae, 1 (2%) with Desmognathinema nanthalaensis, 1 (2%) with Cosmocercoides variabilis, and 2 (4%) with Amphibiocapillaria tritonispunctati. Five (11%) were concurrently infected with various helminths. We document new host records for the digenean B. salamandrae and the nematodes A. tritonispunctati, D. nanthalaensis, and O. papillocauda.

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Chris T. McAllister, Charles R. Bursey, Matthew B. Connior, Henry W. Robison, and Thomas J. Fayton "Helminth Parasites of the Dark-Sided Salamander, Eurycea longicauda melanopleura (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from Arkansas," Comparative Parasitology 82(2), 306-311, (1 July 2015). https://doi.org/10.1654/4753.1

Published: 1 July 2015

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