Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of
Date of this Version
1979
Citation
Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington, v. 46, no.2 (1979)
Abstract
From 1975 to 1978, 200 amphibians and reptiles from localities in Nebraska, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, North Carolina, and West Virginia were examined for trematode parasites. This report provides additional information concerning the geographical distribution of North American amphibian and reptile trematodes. Some results have already been published (Brooks and Fusco, 1978, J. Miss. Acad. Sci. 23:95-99). Worms, removed from their hosts, were examined alive when possible, and fixed with AFA after flattening with slight coverslip pressure. Specimens were stored in 7{)1lO ethanol, then stained with Mayer's hematoxylin and mounted in Histoclad or Canada balsam for study as whole mounts. Voucher specimens for all species have been deposited in the Harold W. Manter Laboratory, Division of Parasitology, University of Nebraska State Museum. Numbers in parentheses represent numbers of hosts infected per hosts examined at each locality. The notation NH refers to new host, NL to new locality, L to lungs, SI to small intestine, M to mouth, UB to urinary bladder, R to rectum, H to heart, MB to mesenteric blood vessels, and SM to submucosa of esophagus. (*) refers to specimens donated by colleagues.
Comments
Used by permission