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Toxoplasma ranae sp. n. from the Leopard Frog Rana pipiens Linnaeus* |
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| Authors: | NORMAN D. LEVINE RICHARD R. NYE |
| Abstract: | SYNOPSIS. Toxoplasma ranae sp. n. is described from the brain of a leopard frog, Rana pipiens, probably from Mexico. Its pseudocysts were 72(55-106) × 48(29-70) μm in fixed sections. They contained an average of ～ 4,000 slightly curved elongate zoites measuring 4–5 × 0.5 μm, with a central, spherical, vesicular nucleus. |
| Keywords: | Toxoplasma ranae sp. n. Rana pipiens |