The helminth community of the agile frog, Rana dalmatina Bonaparte, 1839 (Anura: Ranidae) collected from Northwest of Turkey

Düşen, S.; Uğurtaş, İ.; Aydoğdu, A.; Oğuz, M.

doi:10.2478/s11687-009-0033-8

Abstract

A total of 33 agile frogs (Rana dalmatina) were collected from 7 localities in Edirne, Bursa and Adapazarı Provinces (Northwest of Turkey), between 1987–2007 and examined for the first time for helminths. R. dalmatina harbored one species of Monogenea (Polystoma sp.), 3 species of Digenea (Diplodiscus subclavatus, Pleurogenoides medians, and Pleurogenes claviger), 4 species of Nematoda (Rhabdias bufonis, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Cosmocerca ornata, and Oxysomatium brevicaudatum) and one species of Acanthocephala (Acanthocephalus ranae). All helminths represent new host records for Rana dalmatina in Turkey.

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The helminth community of the agile frog, Rana dalmatina Bonaparte, 1839 (Anura: Ranidae) collected from Northwest of Turkey

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