Hispaniolan Eleutherodactylus (Anura: Leptodactylidae) as hosts of immature Terranova (Nematoda: Ascarididae), with notes on additional nematodes

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 155-157

  Powell, Robert ^a   Greve, John H ^b   Howard, Amy K ^c,d  

^a Avila College   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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