A new host and geographic record for Myxidium lesminteri (Protozoa: Myxosporea) from Tomopterna cryptotis (Amphibia: Ranidae), in Namibia, South-West Africa

Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-124

  McAllister, Chris T ^a   Freed, Paul S ^b  

^a TEXAS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Section of Herpetology   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Myxidium lesminteri; Myxosporea; Protozoa; Ranidae; Spore; Survey; Trophozoite

Indexed keywords

MYXIDIUM LESMINTERI; TOMOPTERNA CRYPTOTIS;

EID: 0030049081     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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