Reseaches on Parasitic Helminths of Bufo viridis Laurenti, 1768 (Anura Amphibia)

Authors : Hikmet Sami YILDIRIMHAN

Pages : 177-196

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Publication Date : 0000-00-00

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :In this study, it has been investigated 119 night frog insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(58 males, 61 females); Bufo viridis Laurenti, 1768 collected from Bursa and Büyükdöllük Marsh place in Edirne between March 1993 and June 1995. During this study Polystoma viridis, Proteocephalus sp., Nematotaenia dispar insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Included Plathelminthes);, Rhabdias bufonis, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Cosmocerca commutata, Cosmocercoides sp., Neoxsyomatium brevicautadum insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Included Nemathelminthes);, Acanthocephalus ranae insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Included Acanthocephala); were found. This is the first study concerning the helminth fauna on the Bufo viridis distributed in Turkey. Also all the parasitic species found on the Bufo viridis have been recorded for the first time.
Keywords : Bufo viridis, Helminth, Monogenea, Cestoda, Nematoda, Acanthocephala