The helminth community of the agile frog, Rana dalmatina Bonaparte, 1839 (Anura: Ranidae) collected from Northwest of Turkey

Abstract

A total of 33 agile frogs (Rana dalmatina) were collected from 7 localities in Edirne, Bursa and Adapazari{dotless} Provinces (Northwest of Turkey), between 1987 - 2007 and examined for the first time for helminths. R. dalmatina harbored one species of Monogenea (Polystoma sp.), 3 species of Digenea (Diplodiscus subclavatus, Pleurogenoides medians, and Pleurogenes claviger), 4 species of Nematoda (Rhabdias bufonis, Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Cosmocerca ornata, and Oxysomatium brevicaudatum) and one species of Acanthocephala (Acanthocephalus ranae). All helminths represent new host records for Rana dalmatina in Turkey. © 2009 Parasitological Institute of SAS, Košice.