Helminth Parasites of Bufo viridis, Rana ridibunda and Hyla arborea Collected from the Different Regions of Turkey

Year 2015, Volume: 5 Issue: 1, 1 - 6, 01.06.2015

Mehmet Karakaş

Abstract

A total of 170 frogs were examined for helminth infection: 97 specimens of the night frog Bufo viridis Laurenti, 1768, 50 of the marsh frog Rana ridibunda Pallas, 1771 and 23 of the tree frog Hyla arborea Linneaus, 1758. During this study Polystoma viridis Euzet, Combes, Batchvarov, 1974, Nematotaenia dispar (Goeze, 1782) (Included Plathelminthes), Rhabdias bufonis (Schrank,1788), Cosmocerca commutata (Dies, 1851), Oswaldocruzia filiformis (Goeze, 1782) (Included Nemathelminthes), Acanthocephalus ranae (Schrank, 1788) (Included Acanthocephala) were found to infest Bufo viridis; Diplodiscus subclavatus (Pallas, 1760) Diesing, 1836, Gorgodera vitelliloba (Olsson, 1876), Prosotocus confusus (Looss, 1894), Haematoleochus breivance (Sudarikov, 1950), Opisthioglyphe ranae (Frölic, 1791) (Included Plathelminthes), Cosmocerca ornata (Dujardin, 1845), Eustronglydes excisus Jagerskiöld, 1903 (Included Nemathelminthes), Acanthocephalus ranae (Included Acanthocephala) were found to infest Rana ridibunda and Cosmocerca ornata, Oswaldocruzia filiformis (Included Nemathelminthes) were found to infest Hyla arborea.

Keywords

Amphibians, helminth, infection, Plathelminthes, Nemathelminthes, Acanthocephala

Türkiye’nin Farklı Bölgelerinden Toplanmış Bufo viridis, Rana ridibunda ve Hyla arborea’nın Helmint Parazitleri

Abstract

Gece kurbağası Bufo viridis Laurenti, 1768’den 97, bataklık kurbağası Rana ridibunda Pallas, 1771’dan 50 ve ağaç kurbağası Hyla arborea Linneaus, 1758’dan 23 örnek olmak üzere toplam 170 kurbağa helmint enfeksiyonu için incelenmiştir. Bu çalışma süresince Polystoma viridis Euzet, Combes, Batchvarov, 1974, Nematotaenia dispar (Goeze, 1782) (Plathelminthes’e dahil), Rhabdias bufonis (Schrank,1788), Cosmocerca commutata (Dies, 1851), Oswaldocruzia filiformis (Goeze, 1782) (Nemathelminthes’e dahil), Acanthocephalus ranae (Schrank, 1788) (Acanthocephala’ya dahil)’nin Bufo viridis’i enfekte ettiği; Diplodiscus subclavatus (Pallas, 1760) Diesing, 1836, Gorgodera vitelliloba (Olsson, 1876), Prosotocus confusus (Looss, 1894), Haematoleochus breivance (Sudarikov, 1950), Opisthioglyphe ranae (Frölic, 1791) (Plathelminthes’e dahil), Cosmocerca ornata (Dujardin, 1845), Eustronglydes excisus Jagerskiöld, 1903 (Nemathelminthes’e dahil), Acanthocephalus ranae (Acanthocephala’ya dahil)’nin Rana ridibunda’yı enfekte ettiği ve Cosmocerca ornata, Oswaldocruzia filiformis (Nemathelminthes’e dahil)’in Hyla arborea’yı enfekte ettiği bulunmuştur

Keywords

Amfibiler, helmint, enfeksiyon, Plathelminthes, Nemathelminthes, Acanthocephala

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