1. Nematodes of the Rhinella granulosa Spix, 1824 (Anura: Bufonidae) from the Semiarid Northeastern Caatinga Region of Brazil
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Diêgo Alves Teles, Waltécio de Oliveira Almeida, S. V. Brito, Adonias Aphoena Martins Teixeira, Samuel Cardozo Ribeiro, João Antonio de Araujo Filho, and Daniel Oliveira Mesquita
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0301 basic medicine ,Larva ,biology ,Host (biology) ,Cosmocercidae ,Zoology ,030108 mycology & parasitology ,biology.organism_classification ,Aplectana ,03 medical and health sciences ,Nematode ,Raillietnema ,Physaloptera ,Parasitology ,Rhinella granulosa ,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics - Abstract
We examined 31 specimens of Rhinella granulosa from the semiarid Caatinga region of northeastern Brazil for the presence of gastrointestinal nematodes. We found 7 nematode taxa: Rhabdias androgyna, Raillietnema spectans, Aplectana membranosa, Oswaldocruzia sp., Physaloptera sp., Raillietnema sp., and cosmocercidae larvae. The total prevalence was 25.8% and by mean intensity of infection (± SD) was 50 ± 7.36. The prevalence in males was 10% with an intensity of 4 while in females it was 42.85% with a mean intensity of 42 ± 8.55. The juveniles presented a prevalence of 14.28% and an intensity of 4. Rhinella granulosa represents a new host for the following nematodes: Rhabdias androgyna, Raillietnema spectans, and Raillietnema sp.
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- 2018
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