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- Title
Nematode Parasites from Six Species of Marsupial Gastrotheca (Anura: Hemiphractidae) Frogs from the Peruvian Andean highlands.
- Authors
Gómez, Gisella; Sánchez, Lidia; Ñacari, Luis A.; Espínola-Novelo, Juan F.
- Abstract
The present study examined the helminth fauna of marsupial frogs (Gastrotheca spp.). Forty-one individuals of six species of the genus Gastrotheca (G. excubitor, G. griswoldi, G. marsupiata, G. monticola, G. peruana , and G. stictopleura) from the Peruvian Andean highlands were analyzed for parasites. Eleven species of nematodes were found: Rhabdias cff. elegans, Oswaldocruzia proencai, Aplectana hylambatis, A. membranosa, A. vellardi, Cosmocerca brasiliensis, C. cruzi, C. parva, Cosmocercoides lilloi, Parapharyngodon sp. and Oxyascaris sp. All the recorded nematode species are generalists with a direct life cycle that can colonize hosts through cutaneous infection, often through contact with soil, suggesting that the terrestrial habitat of the hosts is the main factor responsible for the observed infection patterns. All these nematode species represent new parasite records for the host species studied.
- Subjects
PERU; ANURA; FROGS; UPLANDS; SPECIES; PARASITES; NEMATODES; HELMINTHS
- Publication
Pacific Science, 2020, Vol 74, Issue 1, p65
- ISSN
0030-8870
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2984/74.1.5