Gastrointestinal Helminths in Amietia sp. (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) from the Albertine Rift of Central Africa

S R Goldberg; C R Bursey; F M Mali; C Kusamba; A J Robbins; E Greenbaum

doi:10.2478/helm-2021-0025

Gastrointestinal Helminths in Amietia sp. (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) from the Albertine Rift of Central Africa

Helminthologia. 2021 Sep 30;58(3):328-332. doi: 10.2478/helm-2021-0025. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

S R Goldberg¹, C R Bursey², F M Mali³, C Kusamba⁴, A J Robbins⁵, E Greenbaum⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biology, Whittier College, Whittier, California 90608. U.S.A.
² Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146, U.S.A.
³ Department of Ecology and Biodiversity of Earth Resources, Centre de Surveillance de la Biodiversité de l' Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁴ Laboratoire d'Herpétologie, Département de Biologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lwiro, Democratic Republic of Congo.
⁵ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, UTEP Biodiversity Collections, El Paso, Texas 79968, U.S.A.

Abstract

Fourteen Amietia sp. (Pyxicephalidae), from the Albertine Rift of Democratic Republic of the Congo were examined for helminths. Five species of Nematoda were found: Amphibiophilus chabaudi, Aplectana praeputialis, Falcaustra congoensis, Foleyellides duboisi and Orneoascaris chrysanthemoides. Amphibiophilus chabaudi was the most numerous nematode (n = 40) with the highest prevalence (57 %). Five new host records are reported.

Keywords: Africa; Democratic Republic of Congo; Helminthology; Nematoda.

Grants and funding

G12 MD007592/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States