Gastrointestinal Helminths from Six Species of Frogs and Three Species of Lizards, Sympatric in Para State, Brazil

摘要

Forty-three frogs representing 6 species (Dendropsophus cachimbo, Scinax fuscomarginatus, Leptodactylus fuscus, Leptodactylus martinezi, Leptodactylus mystaceus, and Leptodactylus rhodomystax) and 35 lizards representing 3 species (Kentropyx calcarata, Leposoma osvaldoi, and Potamites ecpleopus) collected in the Brazilian state of Para were examined for helminths. One species of Trematoda, Brachycoelium salamandrae, and 12 species of Nematoda, adults of Capillaria recondita, Cosmocerca brasiliense, Cosmocercapodicipinus, Falcaustra belemensis, Falcaustra maculata, Kentropyxia sauria, Oswaldocruzia vaucheri, Physaloptera retusa, Schrankiana formulosa, Schrankiana fuscus, Schrankiana schranki, and juveniles of Acuariidae gen, sp., were found. Only B. salamandrae occurred in both frogs and lizards. There were 1.53 +- 0.13 (x +- 1 SE) helminth species/infected frogs and 28.52 +- 11.7 helminth individuals/infected frogs and 1.12 +- 0.08 helminth species/infected lizards and 6.47 +- 1.58 helminth individuals/infected lizards. Thirteen new host records and 2 new locality records are reported.