Gastrointestinal helminths from six species of frogs and three species of lizards, sympatric in Pará State, Brazil

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 327-342

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b   Caldwell, Janalee P ^c   Vitt, Laurie J ^c   Costa, Gabriel C ^c  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Brazil; Nematoda; Par ; Sauria; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

ACUARIIDAE; ADENOMERA MARTINEZI; ANURA; BRACHYCOELIUM SALAMANDRAE; CAPILLARIA; COSMOCERCA; COSMOCERCA PODICIPINUS; ECPLEOPUS; FALCAUSTRA; KENTROPYX CALCARATA; LEPOSOMA; LEPTODACTYLUS FUSCUS; LEPTODACTYLUS MYSTACEUS; LEPTODACTYLUS RHODOMYSTAX; NEMATODA; OSWALDOCRUZIA; PHYSALOPTERA RETUSA; SAURIA; SCINAX; SQUAMATA; TREMATODA; VERMES;

EID: 34547755058     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4268.1     Document Type: Article

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