Infestation by Chiggers ( Hannemania sp.) of Miranda's White-lipped Frog ( Leptodactylus macrosternum) from a Semiarid, Neotropic Region of Brazil

Jennifer K Rodrigues; Diêgo A Teles; João A Araujo Filho; Adonias A Martins Teixeira; Daniel O Mesquita; Samuel C Ribeiro

doi:10.7589/2017-01-008

Infestation by Chiggers ( Hannemania sp.) of Miranda's White-lipped Frog ( Leptodactylus macrosternum) from a Semiarid, Neotropic Region of Brazil

J Wildl Dis. 2018 Apr;54(2):397-399. doi: 10.7589/2017-01-008. Epub 2017 Dec 20.

Authors

Jennifer K Rodrigues¹, Diêgo A Teles², João A Araujo Filho², Adonias A Martins Teixeira², Daniel O Mesquita², Samuel C Ribeiro³

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Biology, Regional University of Cariri, Antônio Luis, 1161, 63.100-000-Pimenta-Crato/Ceará, Brazil.
² 2 Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Biológicas (Zoologia), Departamento de Sistemática e Ecologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas e da Natureza, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Cidade Universitária, Campus I, CEP: 58059-900, João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil.
³ 3 Instituto de Formação de Educadores, Universidade Federal do Cariri, Campus Brejo Santo, Ceará, Brazil.

PMID: 29261445
DOI: 10.7589/2017-01-008

Abstract

We identified Miranda's white-lipped frog ( Leptodactylus macrosternum) as a new host for chiggers ( Hannemania sp.). A total of 57 larvae of Hannemania sp. were found on 31 frogs examined from a semiarid region of northeastern Brazil.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Brazil / epidemiology
Ranidae / parasitology*
Trombiculiasis / epidemiology
Trombiculiasis / parasitology
Trombiculiasis / veterinary*
Trombiculidae*