Helminth parasites of the leopard frog lithobates sp. colima (Amphibia: Ranidae) from Colima, Mexico

Journal of Parasitology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 736-739

  Cabrera Guzmán, Elisa ^a,b   Garrido Olvera, Lorena ^a,c   León Rgagnon, Virginia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; FLATWORM; FROG; NEMATODE; NEW RECORD; PARASITE INFESTATION; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; TAXONOMY;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIBIA RANIDAE; APLECTANA; APLECTANA ITZOCANENSIS; ARTICLE; CESTODE; CLINOSTOMUM; COSMOCERCA; COSMOCERCA PODICIPINUS; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; FAUNA; FEEDING; FEMALE; FOLEYELLIDES; FOLEYELLIDES STRIATUS; FROG; GLYPTHELMINS; GLYPTHELMINS QUIETA; HAEMATOLOECHUS; HELMINTH; INTERMEDIATE HOST; LARVA; MALE; MEXICO; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; OSWALDOCRUZIA; OSWALDOCRUZIA SUBAURICULARIS; PREVALENCE; SKIN PENETRATION; SPECIES; STRONGYLOIDEA;

ANIMALS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HELMINTHIASIS, ANIMAL; HELMINTHS; LUNG; MALE; MESENTERY; MEXICO; PREVALENCE; RANIDAE;

ACAPULCO; COLIMA; GUERRERO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; APLECTANA; CESTODA; CLINOSTOMUM; COSMOCERCA; COSMOCERCA PODICIPINUS; CYCLOPHYLLIDEA; FOLEYELLIDES; GLYPTHELMINS; GLYPTHELMINS QUIETA; HAEMATOLOECHUS; HAEMATOLOECHUS SP.; LANGERONIA MACROCIRRA; LITHOBATES; NEMATODA; OSWALDOCRUZIA; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANIDAE; RHABDIAS; VERMES;

EID: 77956158183     PISSN: 00223395     EISSN: 19372345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1645/GE-2335.1     Document Type: Article

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