| sundapolystoma chalconotae n. g., n. sp. (monogenea: polystomatidae) from rana chalconota (schlegel) of peninsular malaysia. | sundapolystoma chalconotae. n. g., n. sp. (polystomatidae, polystomatinae) is proposed for a new polystomatid from the urinary bladder of rana chalconota (schlegel) in peninsular malaysia. this is the first species of polystomatid to be described from the amphibians of peninsular malaysia and the second for the southeast asian region. this new genus, as exemplified by s. chalconotae, differs from other polystomatids, and in particular parapolystoma ozaki, 1935 (p. bulliense (johnston, 1912) ozak ... | 2001 | 11466483 |
| chytridiomycosis in frogs of mount gede pangrango, indonesia. | batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (bd) is a fungus recognised as one of the causes of global amphibian population declines. to assess its occurrence, we conducted pcr diagnostic assays of 147 swab samples, from 13 species of frogs from mount gede pangrango national park, indonesia. four swab samples, from rhacophorus javanus, rana chalconota, leptobrachium hasseltii and limnonectes microdiscus, were positive for bd and had low to moderate levels of infection. the sample from l. hasseltii was from a ... | 2008 | 19244970 |