<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>A total of 33 agile frogs (Rana dalmatina) were collected from 7 localities in Edirne, Bursa and Adapazarı Provinces (Northwest of Turkey), between 1987–2007 and examined for the first time for helminths. R. dalmatina harbored one species of Monogenea (Polystoma sp.), 3 species of Digenea (Diplodiscus subclavatus, Pleurogenoides medians, and Pleurogenes claviger), 4 species of Nematoda (Rhabdias bufonis, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Cosmocerca ornata, and Oxysomatium brevicaudatum) and one species of Acanthocephala (Acanthocephalus ranae). All helminths represent new host records for Rana dalmatina in Turkey.</p></abstract>

A total of 33 agile frogs (Rana dalmatina) were collected from 7 localities in Edirne, Bursa and Adapazarı Provinces (Northwest of Turkey), between 1987–2007 and examined for the first time for helminths. R. dalmatina harbored one species of Monogenea (Polystoma sp.), 3 species of Digenea (Diplodiscus subclavatus, Pleurogenoides medians, and Pleurogenes claviger), 4 species of Nematoda (Rhabdias bufonis, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Cosmocerca ornata, and Oxysomatium brevicaudatum) and one species of Acanthocephala (Acanthocephalus ranae). All helminths represent new host records for Rana dalmatina in Turkey.

The helminth community of the agile frog, Rana dalmatina Bonaparte, 1839 (Anura: Ranidae) collected from Northwest of Turkey

Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Pamukkale University, Kınıklı Campus, 20017, Denizli, Turkey

Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Biology, Uludağ University, Görükle Campus, 16059, Bursa, Turkey

Mustafakemalpaşa Vocational High School, Uludağ University, Mustafakemalpaşa, Bursa, Turkey

Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Atatürk University, 25240, Erzurum, Turkey

Helminthologia

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A total of 33 agile frogs (Rana dalmatina) were collected from 7 localities in Edirne, Bursa and Adapazarı Provinces (Northwest of Turkey), between 1987–2007...

The helminth community of the agile frog, Rana dalmatina Bonaparte, 1839 (Anura: Ranidae) collected from Northwest of Turkey

Published Online: Sep 08, 2009

Page range: 177 - 182

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-009-0033-8

Keywords
helminth, agile frog, Rana dalmatina, Turkey

© 2009 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The helminth community of the agile frog, Rana dalmatina Bonaparte, 1839 (Anura: Ranidae) collected from Northwest of Turkey

Published Online: Sep 08, 2009

Page range: 177 - 182

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-009-0033-8

Keywordshelminth, agile frog, Rana dalmatina, Turkey

© 2009 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
helminth, agile frog, Rana dalmatina, Turkey