Biodiversity of anuran endoparasites from a transitional area between the Atlantic Forest and Cerrado biomes in Brazil: new records and remarks Author Aguiar, Aline Laboratório de Herpetologia, Departamento de Biodiversidade, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP Rio Claro, Avenida 24 A, 1515 - Jardim Vila Bela, CEP 13506 - 900, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil Author Morais, Drausio Honorio Universidade Federal de Uberlândia - UFU, Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, LMG- 746, Km 1, Monte Carmelo, 38500 - 000, MG, Brazil Author Firmino Silva, Lidiane A. Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP Author Anjos, Luciano Alves Dos Departamento de Biologia e Zootecnia, Faculdade de Engenharia de Ilha Solteira, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Passeio Monção, 226, CEP 15385 - 000, Ilha Solteira, São Paulo, Brazil Author Foster, Ottilie Carolina Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP Author Silva, Reinaldo José Da Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências de Botucatu, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP text Zootaxa 2021 2021-03-18 4948 1 1 41 journal article 7577 10.11646/zootaxa.4948.1.1 7af2fc34-63ae-40d2-95a6-4bed18653e7a 1175-5326 4616068 79CCDC5F-2F94-4398-B3DD-8DAC05669E9C Rhabdias sp. Hosts (prevalence; range) : L. chaquensis (8/143; 1–2), L. mystacinus (2/8; 1–7), L. podicipinus (13/225; 1–2), P. cuvieri (1/32; 1), R. diptycha (1/21; 3), and S. fuscovarius (2/51; 1–2). Site of infection : lungs. Stage : adult. Type host and type locality : not informed. Comments : the vast numbers of studies that do not report a specific identification of Rhabdias reflect the difficulty for identification based on morphologic characters ( e.g . Hamann et al . 2006 ; Graça et al . 2017 ; Tavares-Costa et al . 2019 ). Conservative characters of Rhabdias spp. and the lack of standardization of terms hinder the identification based only on morphology. Unfortunately, we were unable to conduct molecular analyses with these specimens for specific identification. Leptodactylus mystacinus is a new host for a species of Rhabdias .