| chytridiomycosis in native arizona frogs. | twenty-seven adult/sub-adult lowland leopard frogs (rana yavapaiensis), two larval lowland leopard frogs, two adult chirichahua leopard frogs (rana chiricahuensis), and two adult canyon tree frogs (hyla arenicolor) collected from populations experiencing mortality events at eight sites were found to have characteristic lesions of chytrid fungus infection (batrachochytrium dendrobatidis). the mortalities occurred during december 1992 and between october and february in 1997-98 and december and fe ... | 2002 | 11838218 |
| helminths of two native frog species (rana chiricahuensis, rana yavapaiensis) and one introduced frog species (rana catesbeiana) (ranidae) from arizona. | the gastrointestinal tracts, lungs, urinary bladders, and body cavities of rana catesbeiana (n = 25), rana chiricahuensis (n = 25), and rana yavapaiensis (n = 37) from arizona were examined for helminths. helminths representing 9 species of trematodes: cephalogonimus brevicirrus, glypthelmins quieta, gorgoderina attenuata, haematoloechus complexus, haematoloechus langiplexus, megalodiscus temperatus, alaria sp., clinostomum sp., and an unidentified strigeid; and 4 species of nematodes: falcaustr ... | 1998 | 9488361 |