Helminth parasites of hypsiboas prasinus (Anura: Hylidae) from two atlantic forest fragments, São Paulo State, Brazil
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2012-06-01
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Madelaire, Carla Bonetti
Gomes, Fernando Ribeiro
Da Silva, Reinaldo José [UNESP]
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Seventy-seven males of Hypsiboas prasinus from 2 Atlantic forest fragments in the municipalities of Botucatu and Jundiaí, São Paulo State, Brazil, were examined for endoparasites. The frogs were captured in summer (January until March) and winter (July/August) of 2008 and 2009. Thirty-three males (75) from Botucatu were infected with Rhabdias cf. fuelleborni, cosmocerciid nematodes, and Cylindrotaenia americana. Twenty-five tree frogs (78.5) from Jundiaí were infected by Rhabdias cf. fuelleborni, Physaloptera sp., and cosmocerciid nematodes. Only cosmocerciid nematodes presented a statistically significance difference in prevalence (z 4.345; P < 0.001) and mean abundance (t 562.0; P < 0.001) between Botucatu and Jundiaí during the winter. Also, the cosmocerciids exhibited higher mean abundance (t 196.0; P 0.034) in winter when compared with summer at the Jundiaí site. Moreover, to our knowledge, this is the first report of C. americana in the Brazilian Hylidae. This study presents 4 new records of nematodes in H. prasinus. © 2012 American Society of Parasitologists.
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endoparasite, frog, nematode, parasite prevalence, parasitic disease, animal model, animal parasitosis, Anura, Brazil, controlled study, Cylindrotaenia americana, forest, Hypsiboas prasinus, nematodiasis, nonhuman, Physaloptera, population abundance, Rhabdias fuelleborni, Rhabditoidea, seasonal variation, summer, winter, Animals, Helminthiasis, Animal, Helminths, Intestinal Diseases, Parasitic, Lung Diseases, Parasitic, Male, Prevalence, Seasons, Trees, Atlantic Forest, Sao Paulo [Brazil], Cylindrotaenia, Hylidae, Nematoda, Vermes
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Journal of Parasitology, v. 98, n. 3, p. 560-564, 2012.