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1 April 2014 Experimental Exposure of Adult San Marcos Salamanders and Larval Leopard Frogs to the Cercariae of Centrocestus formosanus
D. C. Huston, V. Cantu, D. G. Huffman
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Abstract

The gill parasite Centrocestus formosanus (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) is an exotic parasite of concern in Texas because it has been shown to infect multiple threatened and endangered fish species. The purpose of this study was to determine if C. formosanus could present a threat to larval anurans, as well as threatened neotenic salamanders endemic to the spring-fed systems of Texas. We exposed adults of the San Marcos salamander Eurycea nana (Caudata: Plethodontidae) and tadpoles of the Rio Grande leopard frog Lithobates berlandieri (Anura: Ranidae) to the cercariae of C. formosanus. The San Marcos salamander showed no signs of metacercarial infection, suggesting that E. nana may be refractory to C. formosanus cercariae. Centrocestus formosanus readily infects the gills of leopard frog tadpoles, but the metacercariae apparently died prior to reaching maturity in our tadpoles.

D. C. Huston, V. Cantu, and D. G. Huffman "Experimental Exposure of Adult San Marcos Salamanders and Larval Leopard Frogs to the Cercariae of Centrocestus formosanus," Journal of Parasitology 100(2), 239-241, (1 April 2014). https://doi.org/10.1645/13-419.1
Published: 1 April 2014
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