Expanded Geographical Range, New Host Accounts, and Observations of the Nematode Gyrinicola batrachiensis (Oxyuroidea: Pharyngodonidae) in Tadpoles

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 189-191

  Pryor, Gregory S ^a   Greiner, Ellis C ^b  

^a 223 Bartram Hall ^*  (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HOST; NEMATODE; RANGE EXPANSION;

ARTICLE; ASCARIDOIDEA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOIDY; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE CYCLE; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; PARTHENOGENESIS; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TADPOLE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LARVA; MALE; OXYURIASIS; OXYUROIDEA; REPRODUCTION;

ASCARIDOIDEA; BUFO; BUFO TERRESTRIS; CAROLINENSIS; GASTROPHRYNE; GASTROPHRYNE CAROLINENSIS; HYLA FEMORALIS; HYLA SQUIRELLA; NEMATODA; OXYUROIDEA; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA HECKSCHERI; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA; UTRICULARIA;

EID: 1442348333     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-3136RN     Document Type: Article

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