Helminths of the marsh frog, Rana ridibunda Pallas, 1771 (Anura : Ranidae), from Antalya province, southwestern Turkey

Düşen S., Oz M.

COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY, vol.73, no.1, pp.121-129, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 73 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1654/4162.1
  • Journal Name: COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.121-129
  • Keywords: marsh frog, Rana ridibunda, helminths, Trematoda, Nematoda, Acanthocephala, Turkey, PARASITES
  • Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Marsh frogs (Rana ridibunda) were collected in Antalya province, Southwestern Turkey, during 2001 and 2002 and examined for helminths. Of 258 frogs, 235 (91.1%) were infected with I or more helminths. The helminth fauna of R. ridibunda comprised 16 species: 10 species of trematodes (Codonocephalus urnigerus [metacercariae], Diplodiscus subclavatus, Gorgodera cygnoides, Gorgoderina vitelliloba, Pleurogenoides medians, Prosotocus confusus, Brachycoelium salamandrae, Haematoloechus breviansa, Encyclometra colubrimurorum [metacercariae], and Opisthioglyphe ranae), 5 species of nematodes (Rhabdias bufonis, Cosmocerca commutata, Neoxysomatium sp., Eustrongylides sp., and Abbreviata sp. [larvae]), and the acanthocephalan Acanthocephalus ranae. Encyclometra colubrimurorum (metacercariae), B. salamandrae, Neoxysomatium sp, Eustrongylides sp., and larval Abbreviata sp. represent new host records for R. ridibunda in Turkey.