Helminths from fifteen species of frogs (anura, hylidae) from Costa Rica

Phyllomedusa

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-33

  Goldberg, Stephen R ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b  

^a WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Anura; Costa Rica; Digenea; Helminths; Hylidae; Monogenea; Nematoda

Indexed keywords

FROG; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NEMATODE; NEW RECORD; PARASITE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

ACANTHOCEPHALUS; ACUARIIDAE; AGALYCHNIS ANNAE; AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS; AGALYCHNIS SPURRELLI; ANURA; COSMOCERCA PODICIPINUS; DUELLMANOHYLA; FALCAUSTRA; GORGODERINA; HYLIDAE; HYLOMANTIS; LEMUR; MESOCOELIUM MONAS; MONOGENEA; NEMATODA; OCHOTERENELLA; OSWALDOCRUZIA; PHYSALOPTERA; POLYSTOMA; RHABDIAS; SCINAX; SMILISCA PHAEOTA; SMILISCA SORDIDA; STREPSIRHINI; VERMES;

EID: 55149105028     PISSN: 15191397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v7i1p24-33     Document Type: Article

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