Fig. 1
Provinces of Turkey where studies on frog parasites have been made.
Fig. 2
Digenean parasites of frog from Erzurum (a: Diplodiscus subclavatus, b: Dolichosaccus rastellus, c: Gorgoderina vitelliloba, d: Opisthioglyphe ranae, e: Cephalogonimus retusus, f: Gorgodera cygnoides, g: Skrjabinoeces breviansa, h: Haplometra cylindracea, i: Haematoloechus variegatus, j: Skrjabinoeces similis).
Fig. 3
Structure of proboscis of Acanthocephalans (A: Centrorhynchus sp., B: Pomphorhynchus laevis, C: Acanthocephalus ranae).
Table 1
Statistical data of parasites of R. macrocnemis and P. ridibundus
| HOST | PARASITE | IFN | TPN | PREV | MA | MI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rana macrocnemis (n=6) | D | Dolichosaccus rastellus | 2 | 34 | 33 | 17.0 | 5.7 |
| Haplometra cylindracea | 2 | 10 | 33 | 5.0 | 1.7 | ||
| Gorgodera cygnoides | 1 | 2 | 17 | 2.0 | 0.3 | ||
| A | Acanthocephalus ranae | 1 | 4 | 17 | 4.0 | 0.7 | |
| Pelophylax ridibundus (n=26) | D | Cephalogonimus retusus | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1.3 | 0.2 |
| Diplodiscus subclavatus | 5 | 24 | 19 | 4.8 | 0.9 | ||
| Gorgodera cygnoides | 5 | 11 | 19 | 2.2 | 0.4 | ||
| Gorgoderina vitelliloba | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.01 | ||
| Haematoloechus variegatus | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.1 | ||
| Opisthioglypha ranae | 5 | 31 | 19 | 6.2 | 1.2 | ||
| Skrjabinoeces similis | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 0.1 | ||
| Skrjabinoeces breviansa | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.1 | ||
| A | Acanthocephalus ranae | 10 | 17 | 38 | 1.7 | 0.7 | |
| Centrorhynchus sp. | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3.0 | 0.1 | ||
| Pomphorhynchus sp. | 3 | 4 | 12 | 1.3 | 0.2 |