Metazoan endoparasites of three species of anurans collected from the Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey

Abstract

226 SummaryIn this report, European common toads; Bufo bufo, European green toads Bufo viridis and marsh frogs Rana ridibunda were collected in Amasya, Çorum, and Tokat Provinces (Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey) 2005 and 2006 and examined for helminths. Two of 2 (100 %) Bufo bufo and 8 of 8 (100 %) Bufo viridis and 57 of 63 (90.5 %) Rana ridibunda were infected with 1 or more helminths. The helminths of B. bufo included Oswaldocruzia filiformis and Oxysomatium brevicaudatum. The helminth fauna of B. viridis comprised 5 species: 1 species of trematode (Pleurogenoides medians), 1 species of cestode (Nematotaenia dispar) and 3 species of nematodes, (Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Cosmocerca ornata, and Oxysomatium brevicaudatum), while the helminth fauna of Rana ridibunda comprised 9 species: 4 species of trematodes (Gorgodera cygnoides, Gorgoderina vitelliloba, Haematoloechus breviansa, and Opisthioglyphe ranae), 3 species of nematodes Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Cosmocerca ornata, and Oxysomatium brevicaudatum), and 2 species of acanthocephalans (Pomphorhynchus laevis and Acanthocephalus ranae). Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Cosmocerca ornata, and Oxysomatium brevicaudatum were collected from all three host species. In addition, Pleurogenoides medians represents a new host record for Bufo viridis in Turkey.

Endoparasitic helminths of water frog complex in Poland: do differences exist between the parental species Pelophylax ridibundus and Pelophylax lessonae, and their natural hybrid Pelophylax esculentus?

“…Styczyńska (1958) noted it in 50 % water frogs from the Drużno Lake, Plasota (1969) from 4.5 % in the Kampinoski NP, and Grossman & Sandner (1954) in 11 % from the Białowieski NP. A. ranae is a common parasite of amphibians in Poland (Grabda-Kazubska, 1972a;Kuc & Sulgostowska, 1988b) and other localities in Europe (Vojtkova & Roca, 1996;Düşen & Öz, 2004Düşen & Öz, , 2006Düşen, 2007;Düşen et al, 2009;Düşen & Oğuz, 2010;Düşen, 2011). It was rarely recorded in a duck Anas platyrhynchos (Sulgostowska, 1997) and in Vipera berus (Lewin & Grabda-Kazubska, 1997).…”

The helminth parasites of the two bufonid toads, European Common Toad, Bufo bufo (Linnaeus, 1758) and European Green toad, Bufo (Pseudepidalea) viridis Laurenti, 1768 (Anura: Bufonidae), collected from Denizli Province, Inner-West Anatolia Region, Turkey

“…(Baran & Atatür, 1997;Budak & Göçmen, 2008). The previous reports of parasites in European common toad (B. bufo) from Turkey is recorded by Yıldırımhan et al (1997a) and Düşen et al (2010a) from north-western parts of Turkey. Yıldırımhan & Karadeniz (2007) reported helminths of B. bufo from northeast of Turkey; Düşen & Oğuz (2010) recorded helminths of B. bufo Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey.…”

“…The previous reports of parasites in European common toad (B. bufo) from Turkey is recorded by Yıldırımhan et al (1997a) and Düşen et al (2010a) from north-western parts of Turkey. Yıldırımhan & Karadeniz (2007) reported helminths of B. bufo from northeast of Turkey; Düşen & Oğuz (2010) recorded helminths of B. bufo Middle Black Sea Region of Turkey. To our knowledge, the first helminthological study in B. viridis was reported by Schad et al (1960) in Turkey, Schad et al (1960) recorded 5 nematode species in B. viridis.…”

“…This is the first helminthological research, which has been done in this mentioned geographic area. (Yamaguti, 1961;Düşen et al, 2010b); Bobina bombina (Grabda-Kazubska & Lewin, 1989;Yıldırımhan et al, 2001a); Pelodytes caucasicus (Yıldırımhan et al, 2009), R. esculenta (Buchvarov, 1977;Kuc & Sulgostowska, 1988b); R. temporaria, R. arvalis (Kuc & Sulgostowska, 1988b;Cedhagen, 1988); B. viridis (Buchvarov et al, 1975;Buchvarov, 1977;Yıldırımhan, 1999a); R.. dalmatina (Buchvarov et al, 1975;Buchvarov, 1977;Düşen et al, 2009);B. variegata, P. syriacus (Buchvarov, 1977); R. ridibunda (Yıldırımhan et al, 1996;Yıldırımhan et al, 1997a;Düşen & Öz, 2006;Sağlam & Arıkan, 2006), R. camerani (Yıldırımhan et al, 2006), R. macrocnemis (Yıldırımhan et al, 2006b).…”

“…To our knowledge, the first helminthological study in B. viridis was reported by Schad et al (1960) in Turkey, Schad et al (1960) recorded 5 nematode species in B. viridis. Other helminthological studies on European green toad (B. viridis) published by Yıldırımhan (1999a) and Düşen et al (2010a) from north-western Turkey. Also, Düşen (2003) recorded five helminth species from Southwestern Turkey.…”