Description and molecular characterisation of a new nematode species parasitic in the lungs of Strongylopus grayii (Smith) (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) in South Africa

New host record, Sclerophrys regularis (Bufonidae), for Rhabdias africanus (Rhabdiasidae, Kuzmin, 2001) based on molecular and morphological evidence

“…Nematodes are a highly diverse worm taxon, that includes both free living and parasitic species ( Martínez-Arce et al, 2020 ). One of nematodes genus, Rhabdias Stiles and Hassall, 1905 which belongs to Rhabdiasidae, comprises more than 80 known species of lung-dwelling parasites of cold blooded animals including amphibians and reptiles ( Kuzmin et al, 2020 ). Rhabdias is cosmopolitan in nature: it exhibits an alternating life cycle between parasitic and free-living generations ( Baker, 1979 ).…”