Publications

experimental exposure of adult san marcos salamanders and larval leopard frogs to the cercariae of centrocestus formosanus.	the gill parasite centrocestus formosanus (trematoda: heterophyidae) is an exotic parasite of concern in texas because it has been shown to infect multiple threatened and endangered fish species. the purpose of this study was to determine if c. formosanus could present a threat to larval anurans, as well as threatened neotenic salamanders endemic to the spring-fed systems of texas. we exposed adults of the san marcos salamander eurycea nana (caudata: plethodontidae) and tadpoles of the rio grand ...	2014	24303882
occurrence of tetrathyridia of mesocestoides sp. (cestoidea: cyclophyllidea) in north american anurans (amphibia).	a new host and geographic locality record is reported for tetrathyridia of mesocestoides sp. in two species of ranid frogs (rana berlandieri and r. pipiens) from texas and new york, respectively. tetrathyridia were found encapsulated in liver and mesenteries of the hosts. morphological examination and experimental inoculation of these tetrathyridia into mice demonstrated the absence of capacity for asexual proliferation. overall prevalence of infection was low in anurans from arkansas, texas and ...	1990	2250332