Cosmocerca acanthurum n. sp. (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) in Pseudoeurycea leprosa and Chiropterotriton orculus from the Transmexican Volcanic Belt, Central Mexico, with a checklist of the helminth parasites of plethodontid salamanders

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1434, 2007, Pages 27-49

  Falcon Ordaz J ^a   Windfield Perez J C ^a   Mendoza Garfias, B ^a   Parra Olea, G ^a   De León, G Pérez Ponce ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ZOOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chiropterotriton orculus; Cosmocerca acanthurum n. sp.; Helminths; Mexico; Plethodontidae; Pseudoeurycea leprosa

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; CHIROPTEROTRITON ORCULUS; COSMOCERCA; COSMOCERCIDAE; NEMATODA; PLETHODONTIDAE; PSEUDOEURYCEA LEPROSA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERMES;

EID: 34247174911     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1434.1.2     Document Type: Article

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