New species of Rhabdias (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Bufo occidentalis (Anura: Bufonidae) from Sierra Madre del Sur, Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1171-1177

  Martínez Salazar, Elizabeth A ^a   León Règagnon, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NEMATODE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NEW SPECIES; PARASITE; TOAD;

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BUFO OCCIDENTALIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LUNG PARASITE; MEXICO; MORPHOMETRICS; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PARASITE; RHABDIAS AFRICANAS; RHABDIAS ALABIALIS; RHABDIAS AMERICANUS; RHABDIAS ANDROGYNA; RHABDIAS BAKERI; RHABDIAS KUZMINI; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; STRONGYLOIDEA; TAXONOMY; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; FEMALE; MEXICO; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RHABDITIDA INFECTIONS; RHABDITOIDEA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA MADRE; SIERRA MADRE DEL SUR;

ANURA; BUFO OCCIDENTALIS; BUFONIDAE; NEMATODA; RHABDIAS; RHABDIASIDAE;

EID: 36749101420     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-1188R.1     Document Type: Article

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