Helminth fauna of the Eurasian marsh frog, Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771) (Anura: Ranidae), collected from Denizli Province, Inner-West Anatolia Region, Turkey

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Dusen S., ÖZ M.

HELMINTHOLOGIA, cilt.50, sa.1, ss.57-66, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 50 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2478/s11687-013-0108-4
  • Dergi Adı: HELMINTHOLOGIA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.57-66
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Amphibians, Denizli, Helminth, Pelophylax ridibundus, Turkey, METAZOAN PARASITOLOGICAL RESEARCH, BUFO-BUFO LINNAEUS, RANA-RIDIBUNDA, TREE FROG, POMPHORHYNCHUS-LAEVIS, REPTILES REPTILIA, GREEN LIZARD, BANDED FROG, ULUDAG FROG, COMMON TOAD
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this research, a total of 298 Eurasian marsh frogs, Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771) were collected from different localities in Denizli province (Inner-west Anatolia Region, the eastern part of Aegean Region) Turkey between 2006 and 2009 and examined for helminths. Of 262 (87.91 %) Pelophylax ridibundus samples were infected with one or more helminths. Pelophylax ridibundus harbored eight species of digeneans (Diplodiscus subclavatus, Gorgoderina vitelliloba, Gorgodera cygnoides, Pleurogenoides medians, Prosotocus confusus, Skrjabinoeces breviansa, Encyclometra colubrimurorum and Ophistoglyhe ranae), one species of cestode (Nematotaenia dispar), two species of acanthocephalans (Acanthocephalus ranae and Pomphorhynchus laevis), and six species of nematodes (Rhabdias bufonis, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Cosmocerca ornata, Oxysomatium brevicaudatum, Eustrongylides sp. and Abbreviata sp.). P. ridibundus represents a host record for Nematotaenia dispar in Turkey.