Polystomatidae (Monogenea) of Anura in southern Africa: Polystoma testimagna n. sp. parasitic in Strongylopus f. fasciatus (Smith, 1849) |
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| Authors: | Louis H du Preez Dawid J Kok |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Herpetology, National Museum, PO Box 266, 9300 Bloemfontein, South Africa;(2) Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Orange Free State, PO Box 399, 9300 Bloemfontein, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | Polystoma testimagna n. sp. is described as a new species of the Polystomatidae, parasitic in the urinary bladder of the striped stream frog Strongylopus f. fasciatus collected in the Vernon Crookes Nature Reserve, Natal, South Africa. Parasite prevalence was found to be 50.0% and 27.7% in two successive years, and the mean intensity was 1.5 and 1.6, respectively. The species occurs together with another Polystoma species in the same water body and within one kilometre from a third species. Aspects of host specificity are discussed and data on the ecology and distribution of the host presented. |
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