First Reports of Leech Parasitism in Malagasy Anurans

Ricardo Rocha; Elizabeth Borda; Franco Andreone; Gonçalo M. Rosa

doi:10.1654/4546.1

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Ricardo Rocha,^1,2,* Elizabeth Borda,³ Franco Andreone,⁴ Gonçalo M. Rosa^2,5,**,*

¹1Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Biosciences, University of Helsinki
²2Centro de Biologia Ambiental, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidad
³3Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M at Galveston, 200 Seawolf Parkway, Ocean and Coastal Studie
⁴4Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali, Sezione di Zoologia, Via G. Giolitti, 36, I-10123, Torino, Ita
⁵5Department of Anthropology, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent, Cant

^*These 2 authors contributed equally to this work.
^**Corresponding author (e-mail: goncalo.m.rosa@gmail.com).

Abstract

Seven isolated cases of haemadipsid leech parasitism in anuran amphibians living in the rainforests of eastern Madagascar are described. Boophis madagascariensis, Boophis roseipalmatus, Gephyromantis luteus, and Mantidactylus sp. aff. grandidieri were found to be new host records for Malagabdella species, and this study represents the first description of amphibian–leech interactions in Madagascar, the second report of leeches as ectoparasites of Malagasy vertebrates, and the fourth reference of haemadipsid as amphibian parasites.

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Ricardo Rocha, Elizabeth Borda, Franco Andreone, and Gonçalo M. Rosa "First Reports of Leech Parasitism in Malagasy Anurans," Comparative Parasitology 79(2), 352-356, (1 July 2012). https://doi.org/10.1654/4546.1

Published: 1 July 2012

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