This is the first review of the nematode parasites of amphibians from Dry Chaco (DC) and
Humid Chaco (HC) ecoregions of South America, covering aspects related to their …

Trematode infection of the second intermediate hosts can lead to changes in their fitness
and, as a result, a change in the invasion rate of animal communities. It is especially …

Semi-aquatic European water frogs (Pelophylax spp.) harbour rich helminth infra-
communities, whose effects on host population size in nature are poorly known. To study top …

Parasites might represent a helpful tool in understanding the historical dispersion and
phylogeography of their hosts. In order to reveal whether the migration routes and …

24: 4609-4616. In studies on the helminth fauna of amphibians conducted by numerous
researchers, two species of the genus Cosmocerca, namely Cosmocerca ornata (Dujardin …

Background Only a few comprehensive studies have been carried out on parasites in
amphibians and reptiles in Ukraine. This has resulted in identifying over 100 helminth …

We investigated factors affecting species composition and patterns of species associations
in parasite communities of water frogs (Pelophylax esculentus complex), applying the …

Helminth infracommunities were studied at 174 sites of Latvia in seven hosts from six
amphibian taxa of different taxonomical, ontogenic and ecological groups. They were …

This work presents an ecological analysis of the community and biodiversity of helminths of
the Pool Frog Pelophylax lessonae (Camerano, 1882) from floodplain and forest reservoirs …

Water frogs of the genus Pelophylax host a variety of parasites, from protozoa to helminths.
Among the blood parasites, representatives of Apicomplexa, Trypanosoma and Nematoda …