Helminth parasites of the common toad, Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) (Anura : Bufonidae) from northeast Turkey

Yildirimhan H. S., Karadeniz E.

COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY, vol.74, no.1, pp.176-178, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 74 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1654/4246.1
  • Journal Name: COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.176-178
  • Keywords: Bufo bufo, Nematoda, Aplectana acuminata, Aplectana macintoshii, Cosmocerca ornata, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Rhabdias bufonis, Acanthocephala, Acanthocephalus ranae, Turkey
  • Bursa Uludag University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

The common toad, Bufo bufo, from Trabzon Province, Turkey, was found to harbor 5 species of Nematoda: Aplectana acuminata, Aplectana macintoshii, Cosmocerca ornata, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, and Rhabdias bufonis, and I species of Acanthocephala, Acanthocephalus ranae. With the exception of Rhabdias bufonis, all represent new host records for Bufo bufo in Turkey.