Fifty-four Rana holtzi and 84 Rana macrocnemis from Turkey were examined for helminths. Rana holtzi harbored 3 species of Digenea (Gorgoderina vitelliloba, Haplometra cylindracea, Opisthioglyphe rastellus) and 1 species of Nematoda (Cosmocerca ornata). Rana holtzi is a new host record for these helminths. Rana macrocnemis harbored 1 species of Monogenea (Polystoma macrocnemis), 5 species of Digenea (Opisthioglyphe rastellus, Gorgoderina vitelliloba, Haplometra cylindracea, Pleurogenes claviger, Pleurogenoides medians), 3 species of Nematoda (Rhabdias bufonis, Cosmocerca ornata, Oswaldocruzia filiformis), and 1 species of Acanthocephala (Acanthocephalus ranae). Rana macrocnemis represents a new host record for H. cylindracea, O. rastellus, and P. medians.
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1 July 2006
Helminth Parasites of the Taurus Frog, Rana holtzi, and the Uludag Frog, Rana macrocnemis, with Remarks on the Helminth Community of Turkish Anurans
Hikmet S. Yildirimhan,
Charles R. Bursey,
Stephen R. Goldberg
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Acanthocephala
Cestoda
Digenea
Nematoda
Rana holtzi
Rana macrocnemis
Ranidae