First Report of Gastrointestinal Helminths from the Wokan Cannibal Frog, Lechriodus melanopyga (Amphibia: Limnodynastidae), from Papua New Guinea1

Stephen R. Goldberg; Charles R. Bursey; Fred Kraus

doi:10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[429:FROGHF]2.0.CO;2

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1 July 2007 First Report of Gastrointestinal Helminths from the Wokan Cannibal Frog, Lechriodus melanopyga (Amphibia: Limnodynastidae), from Papua New Guinea

Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles R. Bursey, Fred Kraus

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Pacific Science, 61(3):429-432 (2007). https://doi.org/10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[429:FROGHF]2.0.CO;2

Abstract

The initial gastrointestinal helminth list is established for Lechriodus melanopyga (Doria) from Papua New Guinea. Examination of the digestive tracts of 16 L. melanopyga from April–May (n = 14) and October (n = 2) revealed six helminth species: Digenea: Mesocoelium monas; Nematoda: Aplectana macintoshii, Cosmocerca novaeguineae, Oswaldocruzia bakeri, Abbreviata sp. (larvae in cysts); Acanthocephala: Acanthocephalus bufonis. Cosmocerca novaeguineae was present in the greatest numbers (171) and shared the highest prevalence (88%) with Acanthocephalus bufonis. Lechriodus melanopyga represents a new host record for each of these helminths. New Guinea is a new locality record for Mesocoelium monas and Acanthocephalus bufonis.

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Stephen R. Goldberg, Charles R. Bursey, and Fred Kraus "First Report of Gastrointestinal Helminths from the Wokan Cannibal Frog, Lechriodus melanopyga (Amphibia: Limnodynastidae), from Papua New Guinea," Pacific Science 61(3), 429-432, (1 July 2007). https://doi.org/10.2984/1534-6188(2007)61[429:FROGHF]2.0.CO;2

Accepted: 1 August 2006; Published: 1 July 2007

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