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.
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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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Comparative Parasitology
Vol. 87 • No. 1
January 2020
Vol. 87 • No. 1
January 2020
biodiversity
hosts
Malaysia
Nematoda
parasites
Rhacophoridae