Helminth parasites of anurans from the savannah-mosaic zone of south-western Nigeria

Acta Parasitologica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-54

  Aisien, Siaka O ^a   Ajakaiye, Francisca B ^a   Braimoh, Kareem ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Anurans; Helminth parasites; Nigeria; Savannah mosaic

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASCARIDOIDEA; BUFO; BUFO MACULATUS; BUFO REGULARIS; CAMALLANUS; HAEMATOLOECHUS; HAEMATOLOECHUS EXOTERORCHIS; HAEMATOLOECHUS MICRURUS; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOPELIS; MESOCOELIUM; MICRURUS; OXYRHYNCHUS; PLEUROGENOIDES TENER; POLYSTOMA; PROSOTOCUS; PTYCHADENA MASCARENIENSIS; PTYCHADENA OXYRHYNCHUS; PTYCHADENA PUMILIO; PTYCHADENA SCHUBOTZI; RANA GALAMENSIS; REPTILIA; RHABDIAS BUFONIS; SERPENTES; SILURANA; VERMES; XENOPUS MUELLERI; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 0037361935     PISSN: 12302821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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