Metacercariae of Renifer heterocoelium (Trematoda: Reniferidae) in tadpoles of Rhinella schneideri (Anura: Bufonidae) in Brazil

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Renifer heterocoelium is a parasite of the oral cavity of Neotropical snakes for which larval stages and the life cycle are still unknown. During studies of parasites of Rhinella schneideri, tadpoles collected in a lake from the municipality of Santa Luzia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, yielded specimens with metacercariae adhered to the external intestinal wall. After morphological characterization, the metacercariae were identified as R. heterocoelium. This is the first record and morphological characterization of metacercariae of R. heterocoelium for Brazil.

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Renifer heterocoelium es un parásito de la cavidad bucal de las serpientes neotropicales cuyas formas larvales y ciclo de vida son todavía desconocidos. En un estudio de los parásitos de renacuajos de Rhinella schneideri recogidos en un estanque ubicado en el municipio de Santa Luzia, Minas Gerais, Brasil, se encontraron ejemplares con metacercarias en la pared intestinal. Después de caracterizarlos morfológicamente, los quistes fueron identificados como R. heterocoelium. Este es el primer registro y caracterización morfológica de las metacercarias de esta especie en Brasil.

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Lisa Lunde, Matthew E. Ritchie, Timothy Johnson … (1999)

The causes of amphibian deformities and their role in widespread amphibian declines remain conjectural. Severe limb abnormalities were induced at high frequencies in Pacific treefrogs (Hyla regilla) exposed to cercariae of a trematode parasite (Ribeiroia sp.). The abnormalities closely matched those observed at field sites, and an increase in parasite density caused an increase in abnormality frequency and a decline in tadpole survivorship. These findings call for further investigation of parasite infection as a cause of amphibian deformities in other sites and species.

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Trematode parasites (Platyhelminthes) of wildlife vertebrates in Mexico

GERARDO PÉREZ-PONCE DE LEÓN, LUIS GARCÍA-PRIETO, BERENIT MENDOZA-GARFIAS (2007)

Trematodes are one of the world’s most diverse groups of parasitic platyhelminths found in vertebrates. In this book, a parasite-host list, including all species of trematodes recorded in Mexican wildlife, is presented. These parasites have been studied since the 1930s. The first description of a trematode species was published in 1932. After 75 years of taxonomic research on this group, a total number of 624 species belonging to 311 genera and 78 families have been recorded, with a very high percentage of endemicity, since almost 30% represented new species. The inventory presented here results from several years of data compilation obtained from original sources, from various published accounts (Bachelor´s and graduate student’s thesis, book chapters, peer-reviewed publications, etc.), to database information from parasite collections. In this contribution, we present the most updated inventory of this parasitic group, including not only taxonomic information related to each trematode species, but also information about their host(s) and geographical distribution. Most of the records of trematodes we present in the book include remarks or taxonomical comments. These comments are related with their systematic position within current classification schemes, and in some occasions they correspond to synonymies. In all cases the original reference is presented so reader may want to check on the original source. Drawings of representative species of each trematode family presented in the book are shown, as well as pictures of some type-specimens that show some part of the morphological diversity of this group of parasites. A general overview of the information we have gathered thus far indicates that sampling effort has been unequal regarding vertebrate group studied and geographical distribution. Clearly fish, including marine, brackish and freshwater, have been more extensively studied than any other group of vertebrates, and the northern region of the country has been poorly sampled for helminth parasites within all vertebrate groups. The inventory of vertebrate trematodes in Mexico is far from complete. As a result, it is currently not possible to estimate the size of the fauna (i.e. the number of species present), but available information allows for assessments of general biodiversity patterns and the potential for estimates, as a result of inventory compilation and appropriate methodologies, of the number of species arising in the near future. The main intention of this book is to present the information we have compiled thus far. This information is found in 568 published accounts, and no previous effort has been made to organize and analyze this enormous amount of data. We are confident that this work will contribute to our knowledge of this parasitic group and settles the stage for future research regarding host-parasite interactions between trematodes and their vertebrate hosts in one of the most important, from a biogeographical perspective, regions of the world. Mexico occupies a transitional position between Nearctic and Neotropical biogeographical regions, so future trematode research may be focused on understanding species distribution, once a more complete inventory is generated.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): rmbiodiv

Title: Revista mexicana de biodiversidad

Abbreviated Title: Rev. Mex. Biodiv.

Publisher: Instituto de Biología (México, DF, Mexico )

ISSN (Print): 1870-3453

ISSN (Electronic): 2007-8706

Publication date (Print and electronic): June 2012

Volume: 83

Issue: 2

Pages: 553-556

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[01] Minas Gerais orgnameUniversidade Federal de Minas Gerais orgdiv1Instituto de Ciências Biológicas orgdiv2Departamento de Parasitologia Brasil aldemelo@ 123456icb.ufmg.br

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A simplified table for staging anuran embryos and larvae with notes on identification

The effect of trematode infection on amphibian limb development and survivorship.

Trematode parasites (Platyhelminthes) of wildlife vertebrates in Mexico

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