Helminth Fauna of the Caucasian Toad, Bufo verrucosissimus (Pallas, 1814) (Amphibia: Bufonidae), Collected from Türkiye

Civil, YELİZ; Yıldırımhan, HİKMET; Redhwan, Adel; Hassan, Alı; Sümer, NURHAN; Bülbül, Ufuk; Karış, Mert; Sarıkurt, Sema; Bursey, Charles

doi:10.1654/copa-d-26-00002

Helminth Fauna of the Caucasian Toad, Bufo verrucosissimus (Pallas, 1814) (Amphibia: Bufonidae), Collected from Türkiye

Civil Y., Yıldırımhan H. S., Redhwan A. M., Hassan A. A., Sümer N., Bülbül U., ...Daha Fazla

COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY, cilt.93, sa.2, ss.107-120, 2026 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
Cilt numarası: 93 Sayı: 2
Basım Tarihi: 2026
Doi Numarası: 10.1654/copa-d-26-00002
Dergi Adı: COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY
Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), BIOSIS
Sayfa Sayıları: ss.107-120
Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
Bursa Uludağ Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study presents a helminthological investigation of 35 individuals (13 and 22) of the Caucasian toad, Bufo verrucosissimus (Pallas, 1814), collected from Artvin and Mersin provinces in Türkiye during 2024–2025. Six hel- minth species were identified: 1 species of Cestoda (Nematotaenia dispar (Goeze, 1782) Lühe, 1899), 4 species of Nematoda (Rhabdias bufonis (Schrank, 1788); Aplectana acuminata (Schrank, 1788) Railliet and Henry, 1916; Oxysomatium brevicaudatum (Zeder, 1800); Oswaldocruzia filiformis (Goeze, 1782)), and 1 species of Acanthocephala (Pseudoacanthocephalus caucasicus (Petrochenko, 1953)). This is the first helminthological study of B. verrucosissimus in Türkiye, and N. dispar and O. brevicaudatum represent new records for the host.