Parasitology, Harold W. Manter Laboratory of
Date of this Version
1984
Abstract
The Houston toad, Bufo houstonensis Sanders, has an extremely restricted range in southeastern Texas, being known historically from 6 counties with viable populations remaining in only 2, Due to its relative rarity and federally protected status as an endangered species, its parasites have received attention only once. Harwood (1932, Proc. U.S. Natl Mus. 81: 1-71) identified 2 Harris County specimens of this toad as B. terrestris and reported Cosmocercoides dukae (Oxyuridae) in both and Oswaldocruzia pipiens (Diaphanocephalidae) in 1. In the course ofecological studies on the Houston toad, additional information on its parasitic helminths has been acquired.
Comments
Published in J. Parasit., 70(6). 1984, pp. 1012-1013; Copyright © American Society of Parasitologist [1984]. Used by Permission