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Gastrointestinal helminths in Amietia sp. (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) from the Albertine Rift of Central Africa

S. R. Goldberg
S. R. Goldberg
, 
C. R. Bursey
C. R. Bursey
, 
F. M. Mali
F. M. Mali
, 
C. Kusamba
C. Kusamba
, 
A. J. Robbins
A. J. Robbins
 and 
E. Greenbaum
E. Greenbaum
   | Sep 30, 2021
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Article Category: Research Note
Published Online: Sep 30, 2021
Page range: 328 - 332
Received: Jan 16, 2021
Accepted: Mar 28, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/helm-2021-0025
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© 2021 S. R. Goldberg, C. R. Bursey, F. M. Mali, C. Kusamba, A. J. Robbins, E. Greenbaum, published by Sciendo
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Helminths reported for species assigned to the genus Amietia.

Host Species Distribution Helminth Reference
A. angolensis (Bocage, 1866) Central Africa1,2 Cylindrotaenia jaegerskioeldi Jones, 1987
Amphibiophilus acanathocirratus Schmidt and Canaris, 1968
Amphibiophilus chabaudi Puylaert, 1967
Amphibiophilus natalensis Baker, 1981
Amphibiophilus versterae Baker, 1981
Aplectana chamaeleonis Baker, 1987
Aplectana macintoshii Halahan et al., 2013
Entomelas sylvestris Halahan et al., 2013
Falcaustra sp. Schmidt and Canaris, 1968
A. chapini (Noble, 1924) Central Africa No Helminths reported
A. delalandii (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) Southeastern Africa Amphibiophilus mooiensis Svitin and DuPreez, 2018
Rhabdias picardiae Svitin et al., 2018
Amphibiophilus sp. 1 Svitin et al. 2020
Amphibiophilus sp. 2 Svitin et al. 2020
A. desaegeri (Laurent, 1972) Eastern DRC and western Rwanda No Helminths reported
A. fuscigula (Duméril and Bibron, 1841) Southern South Africa No Helminths reported
A. hymenopus (Boulenger, 1920) Lesotho and adjacent South Africa No Helminths reported
A. inyangae (Poynton,1966) Eastern Zimbabwe No Helminths reported
A. johnstoni (Günther, 1894) Southern Malawi No Helminths reported
A. moyerorum Channing, Dehling, Lötters, and Ernst, 2016 Malawi and Tanzania No Helminths reported
A. nutti (Boulenger, 1896) Central and East Africa from Tanzania Amphibiophilus chabaudi Bursey et al., 2018
to Ethiopia Falcaustra congoensis Bursey et al., 2018
A. poyntoni Channing and Baptista, 2013 Namibia to South Africa No Helminths reported
A. ruwenzorica (Laurent, 1972) Albertine Rift of DRC and Uganda No Helminths reported
A. tenuoplicata (Pickersgill, 2007) Highlands of Kenya and Tanzania No Helminths reported
A. vandijki (Visser and Channing, 1997) Namibia to South Africa No Helminths reported
A. vertebralis (Hewitt, 1927) Lesotho and adjacent South Africa No Helminths reported
A. wittei (Angel, 1924) Western Kenya to northern Tanzania2 No Helminths reported

Number of Nematoda (n), Prevalence (%), Mean intensity ± SD (X), Range (r) and Collection Site for helminths from 14 Amietia sp. from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. * = new host record.

Nematode n % X r Collection Site
*Amphibiophilus chabaudi 40 57 5.1 ± 3.8 2-14 small intestine
*Aplectana praeputialis 2 7 ----- ----- large intestine
*Falcaustra congoensis 10 29 2.8 ± 2.2 1-6 small intestine
*Foleyellides duboisi 1 7 ----- ----- stomach
*Orneoascaris chrysanthemoides 6 7 ----- ----- small intestine
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