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
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Oswaldocruzia
sp.
Host and record:
Leptodactylus bufonius
Boulenger, 1894 (Co)
,
Physalaemus albonotatus
(Steindachner, 1864) (Co)
.
Site of infection:
Small intestine.
Material deposited:
CECOAL 0 0
101005
(
L. bufonius
), CECOAL 96040901 (
P. albonotatus
).
References:
González & Hamann (2006a; 2012b).
Life cycle:
The life cycle of these nematodes is monoxenous; the infective larvae penetrate through the skin of the hosts (
Ben Slimane
et al
. 1996a
;
Anderson 2000
).
Oswaldocruzia mazzai
Travassos, 1935
Host and record:
Rhinella
sp. (Ju),
Rhinella marina
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(=
B. marinus
) (Ju) Site of infection:
Small intestine.
Material deposited:
Not specified.
References:
Travassos (1935
;
1937
).
Notes:
Durette-Desset
et al.
(2006)
considered
O
. mazzai sensu
Vicente (1981)
nec
Travassos (1935)
as
species inquirenda
.
Oswaldocruzia proencai
Ben Slimane and Durette-Desset, 1995
(=
Oswaldocruzia mazzai sensu
Lent et al., 1939
nec
Travassos, 1935
)
Host and record:
Rhinella schneideri
(Werner, 1894) (Co, Sa)
,
Rhinella arenarum
(=
Ch
.
arenarum
) (Sa).
Site of infection:
Small intestine, large intestine.
Material deposited:
CECOAL 0 3091901 (
R. schneideri
, Co
), CH-FML 0 7444 (
R. schneideri
, Sa
), CH-FML 0 7448 (
R. arenarum
).
References:
Ramallo
et al
. (2007a
;
2007c
),
González & Hamann (2008)
.
Notes:
Ben Slimane and Durette-Desset (1995)
established this species from Paraguayan specimens reported as
O
. mazzai
by
Lent
et al.
(1946)
.
Oswaldocruzia subauricularis
(Rudolphi, 1819)
Host and record:
Rhinella fernandezae
(Gallardo, 1957) (Co)
Site
of infection: Small intestine.
Material deposited:
CECOAL 0 8102211
References:
Hamann
et al.
(2013).
Notes:
Durette-Desset
et al.
(2006)
established that the species reported as
O
. subauricularis sensu
Freitas, 1955
nec
Rudolpphi, 1819 should be considered as a
species inquirenda
.