The common toad, Bufo bufo, from Trabzon Province, Turkey, was found to harbor 5 species of Nematoda: Aplectana acuminata, Aplectana macintoshii, Cosmocerca ornata, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, and Rhabdias bufonis, and 1 species of Acanthocephala, Acanthocephalus ranae. With the exception of Rhabdias bufonis, all represent new host records for Bufo bufo in Turkey.
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1 January 2007
Helminth Parasites of the Common Toad, Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Anura: Bufonidae) from Northeast Turkey
Hikmet Sami Yildirimhan,
Ersin Karadeniz
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Acanthocephala
Acanthocephalus ranae
Aplectana acuminata
Aplectana macintoshii
Bufo bufo
Cosmocerca ornata
Nematoda