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

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

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|Sep 2021

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Table 1

Helminths reported for species assigned to the genus Amietia.

Host SpeciesDistributionHelminthReference
A. angolensis (Bocage, 1866)Central Africa1,2Cylindrotaenia jaegerskioeldiJones, 1987
Amphibiophilus acanathocirratusSchmidt and Canaris, 1968
Amphibiophilus chabaudiPuylaert, 1967
Amphibiophilus natalensisBaker, 1981
Amphibiophilus versteraeBaker, 1981
Aplectana chamaeleonisBaker, 1987
Aplectana macintoshiiHalahan et al., 2013
Entomelas sylvestrisHalahan et al., 2013
Falcaustra sp.Schmidt and Canaris, 1968
A. chapini (Noble, 1924)Central AfricaNo Helminths reported
A. delalandii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)Southeastern AfricaAmphibiophilus mooiensisSvitin and DuPreez, 2018
Rhabdias picardiaeSvitin et al., 2018
Amphibiophilus sp. 1Svitin et al. 2020
Amphibiophilus sp. 2Svitin et al. 2020
A. desaegeri (Laurent, 1972)Eastern DRC and western RwandaNo Helminths reported
A. fuscigula (Duméril and Bibron, 1841)Southern South AfricaNo Helminths reported
A. hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920)Lesotho and adjacent South AfricaNo Helminths reported
A. inyangae (Poynton,1966)Eastern ZimbabweNo Helminths reported
A. johnstoni (Günther, 1894)Southern MalawiNo Helminths reported
A. moyerorum Channing, Dehling, Lötters, and Ernst, 2016Malawi and TanzaniaNo Helminths reported
A. nutti (Boulenger, 1896)Central and East Africa from TanzaniaAmphibiophilus chabaudiBursey et al., 2018
to EthiopiaFalcaustra congoensisBursey et al., 2018
A. poyntoni Channing and Baptista, 2013Namibia to South AfricaNo Helminths reported
A. ruwenzorica (Laurent, 1972)Albertine Rift of DRC and UgandaNo Helminths reported
A. tenuoplicata (Pickersgill, 2007)Highlands of Kenya and TanzaniaNo Helminths reported
A. vandijki (Visser and Channing, 1997)Namibia to South AfricaNo Helminths reported
A. vertebralis (Hewitt, 1927)Lesotho and adjacent South AfricaNo Helminths reported
A. wittei (Angel, 1924)Western Kenya to northern Tanzania2No Helminths reported

[i] 1Until recently, this species was thought to be widespread in Central Africa, but was restricted to Angola by Channing et al. (2016), and all previous records refer to other species, including possible new species noted by Larson et al. (2016).

[ii] 2Records of Amietia angolensis and A. wittei from the Lendu Plateau, DRC by Mali et al. (2019) are erroneus.

Table 2

Number of Nematoda (n), Prevalence (%), Mean intensity ± SD (X), Range (r) and Collection Site for helminths from 14 Amietia sp. from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. * = new host record.

Nematoden%XrCollection Site
*Amphibiophilus chabaudi40575.1 ± 3.82-14small intestine
*Aplectana praeputialis27----------large intestine
*Falcaustra congoensis10292.8 ± 2.21-6small intestine
*Foleyellides duboisi17----------stomach
*Orneoascaris chrysanthemoides67----------small intestine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2021-0025 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
Language: English
Page range: 328 - 332
Submitted on: Jan 16, 2021
Accepted on: Mar 28, 2020
Published on: Sep 30, 2021
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2021 S. R. Goldberg, C. R. Bursey, F. M. Mali, C. Kusamba, A. J. Robbins, E. Greenbaum, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
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