The nematode genus Rhabdias (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from amphibians and reptiles of the nearctic

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-114

  Kuzmin, Yuriy ^a   Tkach, Vasyl V ^b   Snyder, Scott D ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Nearctic; Nematoda; Reptilia; Rhabdias; Rhabdias ambystomae; Rhabdias americanus; Rhabdias joaquinensis; Rhabdias ranae; Rhabdias tarichae sp. nov.; Rhabdiasidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; NEARCTIC; NEMATODA; REPTILIA; RHABDIAS; RHABDIAS AMBYSTOMAE; RHABDIAS AMERICANUS; RHABDIAS JOAQUINENSIS; RHABDIAS RANAE; RHABDIAS TARICHAE; RHABDIASIDAE; SALAMANDRIDAE; TARICHA TOROSA;

EID: 0043202884     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4075     Document Type: Article

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