GASTROINTESTINAL HELMINTHS OF ELEUTHERODACTYLUS-JOHNSTONEI (LEPTODACTYLIDAE) FROM BERMUDA

Authors
GOLDBERG SR BURSEY CR TAWIL R
Citation
Sr. Goldberg et al., GASTROINTESTINAL HELMINTHS OF ELEUTHERODACTYLUS-JOHNSTONEI (LEPTODACTYLIDAE) FROM BERMUDA, Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 62(1), 1995, pp. 67-69
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
62
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
67 - 69
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1995)62:1<67:GHOE(>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Eighty-four leptodactylid frogs, Eleutherodactylusjohnstonei, were col lected in August 1992 from St. George's Parish, Bermuda, and examined for gastrointestinal helminths. Forty-five (54%) harbored 1 or more sp ecies of nematode: 18 with Aplectana sp. (21% prevalence, mean intensi ty 6.6 +/- 2.2 SE), 25 with Parapharyngodon garciae (30%, 1.5 +/- 0.2 SE), and 3 with larval physalopterans (4%, 1.7 +/- 0.7 SE). Eleutherod actylus johnstonei represents a new host record for each of these spec ies of nematodes.