| helminth communities in five species of sympatric amphibians from three adjacent ephemeral ponds in southeastern wisconsin. | representatives of 5 amphibian species (313 individuals), including eastern american toads (bufo americanus), wood frogs (rana sylvatica), spring peepers (pseudacris crucifer), blue-spotted salamanders (ambystoma laterale), and central newts (notophthalmus viridescens louisianensis), were collected from 3 ephemeral ponds during spring 1994, and they were inspected for helminth parasites. the component communities of anurans were more diverse than those of caudates. infracommunities of all host s ... | 2007 | 17918353 |
| observations on myiasis by the calliphorids, bufolucilia silvarum and bufolucilia elongata, in wood frogs, rana sylvatica, from southeastern wisconsin. | larvae of certain species of blowflies (calliphoridae) can cause myiasis in frogs and toads, but there are few reports from north american amphibians. of these, most are from toads (bufonids). in this study, we observe primary myiasis in a population of juvenile wood frogs, rana sylvatica, collected on 22-23 august 2003, from southeastern wisconsin and compare our observations with previous studies on myiasis from toads. two (5%) of 39 frogs were infected by the blow fly bufolucilia silvarum, wi ... | 2004 | 15562621 |