A NEW HOST AND GEOGRAPHIC RECORD FOR MYXIDIUM-LESMINTERI (PROTOZOA, MYXOSPOREA) FROM TOMOPTERNA-CRYPTOTIS (AMPHIBIA, RANIDAE), IN NAMIBIA, SOUTH-WEST-AFRICA

Authors
MCALLISTER CT FREED PS
Citation
Ct. Mcallister et Ps. Freed, A NEW HOST AND GEOGRAPHIC RECORD FOR MYXIDIUM-LESMINTERI (PROTOZOA, MYXOSPOREA) FROM TOMOPTERNA-CRYPTOTIS (AMPHIBIA, RANIDAE), IN NAMIBIA, SOUTH-WEST-AFRICA, Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 63(1), 1996, pp. 123-124
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
63
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
123 - 124
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1996)63:1<123:ANHAGR>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A new host and geographic distribution record is reported for the myxo sporean, Myxidium lesminteri Delvinquier, Markus, and Passmore, 1992, from the stripe-burrowing frog, Tomopterna cryptotis (Ranidae) in Nami bia, South-West Africa. One of 4 (25%) T. cryptotis was found to be ha rboring trophozoites and spores of M. lesminteri in the gall bladder. The species was originally described from a congeneric ranid, Tomopter na krugerensis, and also from Bufo garmani (Bufonidae) and Heleophryne natalensis (Heleophrynidae) in South Africa.