| pseudoacanthocephalus toshimai sp. nov. (palaeacanthocephala: echinorhynchidae), a common acanthocephalan of anuran and urodelan amphibians in hokkaido, japan, with a finding of its intermediate host. | the ezo brown frog (rana pirica) and the ezo salamander (hynobius retardatus) are endemic species of hokkaido, the northernmost island of japan. intestinal adult acanthocephalans are common in these amphibians. a molecular identification based on nuclear and mitochondrial dna markers demonstrated that the parasites from the anuran and the urodelan are the same species. in the neighboring honshu island, another acanthocephalan from ranid frogs (e.g. rana japonica and rana ornativentris) has been ... | 2016 | 27067227 |