First Report of Leech Parasitism in the Amphibian Family Sirenidae

Sean P. Graham; Elizabeth Borda

doi:10.1654/4397.1

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Sean P. Graham,^1,* Elizabeth Borda²

¹1Department of Biological Sciences, 331 Funchess Hall, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 36849, U.S
²2Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California–San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla,

^* Corresponding author.

Abstract

Macrobdella ditetra were found to take blood meals from the salamander Siren intermedia collected from Tuskegee National Forest in Alabama, U.S.A. This is a new host record for M. ditetra, the first record of leech parasitism in this family of salamanders, and only the second article reporting an ectoparasite from this family.

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Sean P. Graham and Elizabeth Borda "First Report of Leech Parasitism in the Amphibian Family Sirenidae," Comparative Parasitology 77(1), 105-107, (1 January 2010). https://doi.org/10.1654/4397.1

Published: 1 January 2010

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