| [ecological studies on helminthic taxocenosis of sympatric chaunus ictericus (spix, 1824) and chaunus schneideri (werner, 1894) (anura: bufonidae) captured on são cristóvão district, três barras county, santa catarina state, brazil]. | fifty eight chaunus ictericus and 42 c. schneideri specimens were collected on são cristóvão district, três barras, sc for helminthological studies. fourteen helminth species were diagnosed, from which only five species were found on both hosts. chaunus ictericus showed higher values of species richness (2,8448+/-1,1516) and diversity (h = 1,374), with mild dominance (1-d = 0,642, j = 0,5528), in comparison with c. schneideri (0,6428+/-1,007; h = 1,165; 1-d = 0,5822 e j = 0,5985). also, descript ... | 2008 | 20059839 |
| chaunus ictericus (spix, 1824) as paratenic host of the giant kidney worm dioctophyme renale (goeze, 1782) (nematoda: enoplida) in são cristóvão district, três barras county, santa catarina state, brazil. | dioctophyme renale larvae have been found in cysts in the gastric wall of 5.17% (3/58) chaunus ictericus specimens from são cristóvão district, três barras municipality, santa catarina state, brazil. however, larvae of this nematode were not found in sympatric chaunus schneideri. the larvae caused a mild granulomatous reaction. this is the first report of paratenic hosts for d. renale in brazil, and probably is also the first in the neotropical region. | 2009 | 19664882 |
| community structure of helminth parasites of the "cururu" toad, rhinella icterica (anura: bufonidae) from southern brazil. | sixty specimens of the "cururu" toad, rhinella icterica (spix 1824) (bufonidae), were collected in campo belo do sul, state of santa catarina, brazil, between may 2009 and january 2011, and were examined for the presence of helminth parasites. nine species of adult helminths were found: catadiscus cohni, rudolphitrema rudolphii, cylindrotaenia sp., rhabdias fuelleborni, strongyloides sp., cosmocerca rara, cosmocerca brasiliensis, aplectana elenae, and oxyascaris sp., in addition to an unidentifi ... | 2013 | 23340719 |