First report of Rhabdias sp. infecting Leptodactylus macrosternum from the Caatinga domain, Neotropical region.

Autor: Teles, Diêgo Alves, de Morais Pinto, Cícero Leonardo, Teixeira, Adonias Aphoena Martins, de Araujo Filho, João Antonio
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Zdroj: Cuadernos de Herpetología; 2018, Vol. 32 Issue 2, p117-118, 2p
Abstrakt: On 27 March 2011, 20 specimens of Leptodactylus macrosternum were collected in the municipality of Aiuaba at the Ecological Station of Aiuaba, state of Ceará, Brazil. Of the 20 frogs examined, four were infected with lung nematodes. Five specimens of Rhabdias sp. are found. To our knowledge, L. macrosternum is a new host for Rhabdias sp. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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