METAZOAN PARASITES OF THE GRAYBELLY SALAMANDER, EURYCEA-MULTIPLICATA-GRISEOGASTER (CAUDATA, PLETHODONTIDAE), FROM ARKANSAS

Fifty graybelly salamanders, Eurycea multiplicata griseogaster Moore a nd Hughes, 1941, were collected between December 1988 and 1993 from 7 counties of Arkansas and examined for metazoan parasites. Seven (14%) were infected with 1 or more parasites, including 1 (2%) with Brachyco elium salamandrae (Frolich, 1789) Dujardin, 1845, 3 (6%) with Desmogna thinema nantahalaensis Baker, Goater, and Esch, 1987, 2 (4%) with Fess isentis vancleavei (Moore and Hughes, 1943)Nickel, 1972, and 2 (4%) wi th larval Hannemania sp. Oudemans, 1911. New host and distributional r ecords are reported for some of these parasites of E. multiplicata gri seogaster. In addition, the cave salamander, Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesq ue, 1822, is documented as a new host for D. nantahalaensis.