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Helminth parasites (Cestoidea, Nematoda, Pentastomida) of selected herpetofauna from Cameroon, West Africa

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Twenty-nine individual amphibians (2 families, 3 species) and 12 individual reptiles (2 families, 2 species) from Douala, Cameroon (West Africa) were examined for helminths. Seventeen (59%) of the amphibians and 11 (92%) of the reptiles were found to harbor at least 1 species of helminth; 10 (34%) of the amphibians and 4 (33%) of the infected reptiles harbored multiple infections. A cestode, 6 species of nematodes, and a pentastomid were found in the herpetofauna surveyed. Nine new host and six new geographic distribution records are reported.

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    Chris T. McAllister

  2. Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University-Shenango Campus, 147 Shenango Ave., Sharon, PA, 16146, USA

    Charles R. Bursey

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    Paul S. Freed

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McAllister, C.T., Bursey, C.R. & Freed, P.S. Helminth parasites (Cestoidea, Nematoda, Pentastomida) of selected herpetofauna from Cameroon, West Africa. Acta Parasit. 55, 90–93 (2010). https://doi.org/10.2478/s11686-010-0014-6

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