Checklist of nematode parasites of amphibians from Argentina Author González, Cynthya Elizabeth Author Inés, Hamann Monika text Zootaxa 2015 3980 4 451 476 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3980.4.1 fef1ad43-8b51-4e6b-a642-6e81c678d538 1175-5326 233431 F6823A76-8DE0-4C57-86E8-5A7564CB2A62 Rhabdias sp. Host and record: Physalaemus biligonigerus (Cope, 1861) (Cb) , Leptodactylus chaquensis Cei, 1950 (Co) , Rhinella bergi (Céspedez, 2000) (= C. bergi ) (Co). Site of infection: Lung. Material deposited: FBCBPC 1000-3 ( P. biligonigerus ), CECOAL 0 2103064 ( R. bergi ). References: Gutiérrez et al. (2005) , Hamann et al. (2006b), González & Hamann (2007c) . Life cycle: Species of the genus Rhabdias present alternation of generations: hermaphroditic generation in the host, and gonochoristic generation in the soil or feces. Adult worms parasitize the lungs of the hosts ( Kuzmin 2013 ). Rhabdias elegans Gutierrez, 1945 Host and record: Rhinella arenarum (Hensel, 1867) (= Bufo arenarum ) ( Ba , Sa), Rhinella schneideri (Werner, 1894) (Co) , Leptodactylus bufonius Boulenger, 1894 (Co) , Odontophrynus americanus (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) (Co) . Site of infection: Lung. Material deposited: CECOAL 0 2111301 ( R. schneideri ), CECOAL 0 3120201, CECOAL 0 8022601 ( L. bufonius ), CECOAL 0 3064149 ( O . americanus ). References: Gutiérrez (1945) , Sueldo & Ramírez (1976) , Ramírez et al . (1979) , González & Hamann (2006a; 2008; 2009a), Hamann et al. (2012). Rhabdias fülleborni Travassos, 1926 Host and record: Rhinella schneideri (Werner, 1894) (Co) . Site of infection: Lung. Material deposited: CECOAL 0 3091901. References: González & Hamann (2008) . Rhabdias aff. sphaerocephala Goodey, 1924 Host and record: Rhinella fernandezae (Gallardo, 1957) (Co) . Site of infection: Lung. Material deposited: CECOAL 0 8102207. References: Hamann et al . (2013). Rhabdias truncata Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1952 (juvenile) Host and record: Telmatobius schreiteri Vellard, 1946 (tadpole) (Tu) Site of infection: "Near to the heart". Material deposited: CH-FML; not specific number. References: Schuurmans Stekhoven (1952) . Rhabdias mucronata Schuurmans Stekhoven, 1952 (juvenile) Host and record: Leptodactylus latrans (Steffen, 1815) (= L. ocellatus ) (Co). Site of infection: Stomach and duodenum. Material deposited: CH-FML; not specified number. References: Schuurmans Stekhoven (1952) .