Endoparasites of the Dark-Sided Salamander, Eurycea longicauda melanopleura, and the Cave Salamander, Eurycea lucifuga (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from Two Caves in Arkansas, U.S.A.

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-66

  McAllister, Chris T ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY TEXARKANA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Arkansas; Bothriocephalus rarus; Caudata; Cave; Cepedietta michiganensis; Cestoidea; Cosmocercoides variabilis; Eurycea longicauda melanopleura; Eurycea lucifuga; Nematoda; Oswaldocruzia euryceae; Plethodontidae; Protista

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; BOTHRIOCEPHALUS; BOTHRIOCEPHALUS RARUS; CAUDATA; CEPEDIETTA MICHIGANENSIS; CESTODA; COSMOCERCOIDES; COSMOCERCOIDES VARIABILIS; EURYCEA; EURYCEA LONGICAUDA; EURYCEA LONGICAUDA MELANOPLEURA; EURYCEA LUCIFUGA; HYDROMANTES; LUCIFUGA; NEMATODA; OSWALDOCRUZIA EURYCEAE; PLETHODONTIDAE; PROTISTA;

EID: 0842287652     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4076     Document Type: Article

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