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15 November 2019 Gastrointestinal Helminths from Three Species of Rhacophorid Frogs, Polypedates colletti, P. macrotus, and P. otilophus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Borneo, Malaysia
Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles R. Bursey
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Abstract

Three species of Polypedates frogs (Rhacophoridae) from Borneo, Malaysia, were examined for helminths: Polypedates colletti (n = 5), P. macrotis (n = 8), and P. otilophus (n = 5). We found 3 species of Nematoda: Cosmocerca ornata, Raillietnema rhacophori, and Physalopteroides sp. Cosmocerca ornata was the only helminth infecting all 3 rhacophorid species. The most numerous helminth (too numerous to count) was R. rhacophori in P. otilophus. The 3 species of Polypedates are parasitized by generalist helminths that also infect other species of anurans. Four new host records are reported.

Stephen R. Goldberg and Charles R. Bursey "Gastrointestinal Helminths from Three Species of Rhacophorid Frogs, Polypedates colletti, P. macrotus, and P. otilophus (Anura: Rhacophoridae) from Borneo, Malaysia," Comparative Parasitology 87(1), 12-15, (15 November 2019). https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-87.1.12
Published: 15 November 2019
KEYWORDS
biodiversity
hosts
Malaysia
Nematoda
parasites
Rhacophoridae
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