Fifty-one Ozark zig-zag salamanders (Plethodon angusticlavius) were collected from 6 counties of northern Arkansas and examined for parasites. Eighteen (35%) were infected with 1 or more helminth or ectoparasite, including 6 (12%) with the cestode Cylindrotaenia americana, 1 (2%) with the capillarid nematode Amphibiocapillaria tritonispunctati, 12 (24%) with the oxyurid nematode Batracholandros magnavulvaris, and 1 (2%) with chiggers, Hannemania dunni. Three (6%) were multiply infected with C. americana and B. magnavulvaris or C. americana and H. dunni. We document new host records for C. americana, B. magnavulvaris, A. tritonispunctati, and H. dunni.
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1 January 2013
Parasites of the Ozark Zig-Zag Salamander, Plethodon angusticlavius (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from Northern Arkansas
Chris T. McAllister,
Charles R. Bursey,
Henry W. Robison,
Matthew B. Connior
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Comparative Parasitology
Vol. 80 • No. 1
January 2013
Vol. 80 • No. 1
January 2013
Amphibiocapillaria tritonispunctati
Arkansas
Arthropoda
Batracholandros magnavulvaris
Cestoidea
Cylindrotaenia americana
Hannemania dunni