Gastrointestinal Helminths in Amietia sp. (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) from the Albertine Rift of Central Africa.

Autor: Goldberg SR; Department of Biology, Whittier College, Whittier, California 90608. U.S.A., Bursey CR; Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146, U.S.A., Mali FM; Department of Ecology and Biodiversity of Earth Resources, Centre de Surveillance de la Biodiversité de l' Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo., Kusamba C; Laboratoire d'Herpétologie, Département de Biologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lwiro, Democratic Republic of Congo., Robbins AJ; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, UTEP Biodiversity Collections, El Paso, Texas 79968, U.S.A., Greenbaum E; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, UTEP Biodiversity Collections, El Paso, Texas 79968, U.S.A.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Helminthologia [Helminthologia] 2021 Sep 30; Vol. 58 (3), pp. 328-332. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 30 (Print Publication: 2021).
DOI: 10.2478/helm-2021-0025
Abstrakt: Fourteen Amietia sp. (Pyxicephalidae), from the Albertine Rift of Democratic Republic of the Congo were examined for helminths. Five species of Nematoda were found: Amphibiophilus chabaudi, Aplectana praeputialis, Falcaustra congoensis, Foleyellides duboisi and Orneoascaris chrysanthemoides . Amphibiophilus chabaudi was the most numerous nematode ( n = 40) with the highest prevalence (57 %). Five new host records are reported.
Competing Interests: Conflict of Interest Authors state no conflict of interest.
(© 2021 S. R. Goldberg, C. R. Bursey, F. M. Mali, C. Kusamba, A. J. Robbins, E. Greenbaum, published by Sciendo.)
Databáze: MEDLINE