Helminths of the sonoran green toad, Bufo retiformis (Bufonidae), from Southern Arizona

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 120-122

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b   Sullivan, Brian K ^c   Truong, Quynh A ^a  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplectana incerta; Aplectana itzocanensis; Bufo retiformis; Bufonidae; Cestoda; Distoichometra bufonis; Nematoda; Oswaldocruzia pipiens; Physaloptera sp. (larva); Rhabdias americanus

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042933412     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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