HELMINTHS FROM 3 TREEFROGS HYLA-ARENICOLOR, HYLA-WRIGHTORUM, AND PSEUDACRIS-TRISERIATA (HYLIDAE) FROM ARIZONA

Authors
GOLDBERG SR BURSEY CR GERGUS EWA SULLIVAN BK TRUONG QA
Citation
Sr. Goldberg et al., HELMINTHS FROM 3 TREEFROGS HYLA-ARENICOLOR, HYLA-WRIGHTORUM, AND PSEUDACRIS-TRISERIATA (HYLIDAE) FROM ARIZONA, The Journal of parasitology, 82(5), 1996, pp. 833-835
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
The Journal of parasitology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223395
Volume
82
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
833 - 835
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3395(1996)82:5<833:HF3THH>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The gastrointestinal tracts, lungs, and urinary bladders of 3 species of treefrogs from Arizona were examined for helminths. Hyla arenicolor (n = 30) and Hyla wrightorum (n = 53) were infected by Cylindrotaenia americana, Cosmocercella haberi, and larvae of Physaloptera sp.; Pseu dacris triseriata (n = 20) harbored Falcaustra catesbeianae. The highe st prevalence (33%) and greatest mean intensity (112.2) was recorded f or Cosmocercella haberi in H. arenicolor. The helminth fauna of these treefrogs is depauperate and consists of different species than those of other Arizona amphibians.