Helminth infracommunities in Litoria genimaculata (Amphibia: Anura) from Birthday Creek, and upland rainforest stream in Northern Queensland, Australia |
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Authors: | Diane P. Barton Stephen J. Richards |
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Affiliation: | * Zoology Department, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia † Cooperative Research Centre for Tropical Rainforest Ecology and Management, Zoology Department, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld 4811, Australia |
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Abstract: | The helminth fauna of Litoria genimaculata, a rainforest frog from northern Queensland, was quantified from 53 adult male frogs collected at monthly intervals between April 1990 and March 1991. The helminth fauna of this species was depauperate (6 species: Mesocoelium sp., Parapolystoma bulliense, Austraplectana sp., Onchocercidae gen. sp., Cosmocerca sp. and an unidentified nematode larva). The most commonly encountered species was P. bulliense, but the intestinal infracommanity was dominated by the digenean Mesocoelium sp. Fifty-five per cent of frogs were infected with only 1 helminth species and only 1 frog had more than 2 species, resulting in low diversity values. These results support previous studies which indicate that amphibians have depauperate helminth communities. |
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Keywords: | Author Keywords: Helminth infracommunities Litoria genimaculata diversity Digenea Monogenea Nematoda Australia Amphibia |
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