PARASITIC FAUNA OF AMPHIBIANS FROM RUMUJI-EMOHUA, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA.
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A survey of the parasites of amphibians from Rumuji in Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria, was conducted in the months of April and May, 2016. Anurans collected included Amietophrynus maculatus, A. cameroonensis, Hoplobatrachus occipitalis,
Ptychadena oxyrhynchus and Pty. pumilio. Parasites recovered included a Raillietiella sp (Pentastomida): Cylindrotaenia jaegerskioeldi (Cestoda), Mesocoelium monodi and Diplodiscus fischthalicus (Digenea); Rhabdias africanus, Rhabdias sp., Amplicaecum africanum, Oswaldocruzia hoepplii, Cosmocerca ornata, and a larval ascaridoid (Nematoda). The co-occurrence of Raillietiella sp. and R. africanus in the lungs of A. maculatus is being reported for the first time in Nigeria. Amietophrynus maculatus is a new host record for D. fischthalicus in the country. The occurrence of Oswaldocruzia hoepplli in A. cameroonensis also increases the host range of the parasite in Nigerian anurans.
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Amuzie, C. C., Agala, K. A., & Aisien, M. S. (2016). PARASITIC FAUNA OF AMPHIBIANS FROM RUMUJI-EMOHUA, RIVERS STATE, NIGERIA . The Bioscientist Journal, 4(1), 32-40. Retrieved from https://bioscientistjournal.com/index.php/The_Bioscientist/article/view/38
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Helminth community structure and diet of three Afro tropical anuran species: a test of the interactiveversus-isolationist parasite communities hypothesis. Web
Ecology 11: 11-19.
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Harcourt. 32pp.
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National Park, Edo State, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Parasitology 36(1): 61-66.
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Parasitology 33: 1-8.
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Nigeria. B.Sc. Dissertation, University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria, pp. 53.
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Ogoanah, O.S., Luke, D. and Aisien, M.S.O. (2014). Anuran diversity in Mosogar, a riparian community in Delta State, Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Life Sciences 4(1): 1519.
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University Press, London.
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Sampson, A.S. (2014). Helminth parasites of anurans in Rivers State University of Science and
Technology. B.Sc. Thesis, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, Port Harcourt. 35pp.
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Zar, J.H. (1984). Biostatistical analysis, 2nd edition. Prentice-Hall Inc. New Jersey.