Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:
http://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/73353
- Title:
- Helminth parasites of hypsiboas prasinus (Anura: Hylidae) from two atlantic forest fragments, São Paulo State, Brazil
- Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
- 0022-3395
- 1937-2345
- 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.
- 1-Jun-2012
- Journal of Parasitology, v. 98, n. 3, p. 560-564, 2012.
- 560-564
- 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
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1645/JP-GE-2665.1
- Acesso restrito
- outro
- http://repositorio.unesp.br/handle/11449/73353
There are no files associated with this item.
Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.