A new species of Moaciria (Nematoda, Heterakidae) and other helminths in the red Mawatta frog, Hylophorbus cf. rufescens (Anura, Microhylidae) from Papua New Guinea

Abstract

Moaciria moraveci sp. nov. (Nematoda, Heterakidae) from the large intestine of Hylophorbus cf. rufescens from Papua New Guinea is described. Moaciria moraveci sp. nov. represents the 9th species assigned to the genus and the 5th from the AustraloPapuan region. It is distinguished from congeners by the distribution pattern of the caudal papillae of the male, spicule length and vulvar position.

Helminths ofEmoia caeruleocauda(Squamata: Scincidae) from the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia

“…2 of Goldberg et al 2008). Acanthocephalans are parasites of all classes of vertebrates; cystacanths are larval forms that occur in the arthropod intermediate host of acanthocephalans (Kennedy 2006) and have been reported in frogs, Hylophorbus rufescens, Litoria modica, Litoria wollastoni and Hylarana supragrisea, and in the lizards Carlia eothen and Sphenomorphus simus from Papua New Guinea (Bursey et al 2007(Bursey et al , 2008bGoldberg et al 2009Goldberg et al , 2010.…”

New Species ofCosmocercella(Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) and Other Helminths inTribolonotus novaeguineae(Sauria: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea

“…Additional New Guinea records: Dayman land frog, Austrochaperina palmipes ; Barygenys exsul ; Kotuni callulops frog, Callulops hemicola (reported as Phrynomantis humicola, Moravec, 1990); Callulops robustus ; Irumbofoie callulops frog, Callulops stictogaster (reported as Phrynomantis stictogaster, Moravec and Sey, 1986); Wilhelm callulops frog, Callulops wihelmanus (reported as Phrynomantis wihelmana, Moravec and Sey, 1986;Moravec, 1990); Waira Mountains frog, Cophixalus balbus ; Pekopekowana frog, Cophixalus variabilis ; Moroke rainforest frog, Cophixalus verucosus ; Le Mehely frog, Copiua fistulans ; Misima Island Mehely frog, Copiula oxyrhina ; Sepik Mehely frog, Copiula tyleri ; Thomson's toothless frog, Genyophryne thomsoni ; Hylarana supragrisea (reported as Sylvirana supragrisea, Bursey et al, 2008a); Hylophorbus rufescens (Bursey et al, 2007b;Goldberg et al, 2009d); Lechriodus melanopyga ; Alotau land frog, Liophryne dentate ; Wandolleck's land frog, Liophryne schlaginhaufeni ; highland treefrog, Litoria wollastoni ; dull cross frog, Oreophryne inornata ; Papua land frog, Oxydactyla crassa ; Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis Bursey et al, 2008b); Emoia longicauda ; white-striped cape skink, Eugongylus albofasaciolatus ; Eugongylus rufescens ; Pacific dtella, Gehyra oceanica ; Owen Stanley skink Papuascincus stanleyanus (Bursey et al, 2008c;Goldberg et al, 2010a); Sphenomorphus aignanus ; Sphenomorphus forbesei ; Tifalmin wedge skink, Sphenomorphus fuscolineatus ; Sphenomorphus jobiensis (Bursey et al, 2005b;Goldberg et al, 2009c); Sphenomorphus maindroni ; Sphenomorphus minutus ; Sphenomorphus nigrolineata ; Sphenomorphus simus (Bursey et al, 2007a;Goldberg et al, 2009c); Sphenomorphus solomonis .…”