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Description of Pleurogenoides cyanophlycti n. sp. (Digenea: Pleurogenidae) infecting Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis from the Western Ghats, India

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Pleurogenoides cyanophlycti n. sp. (Digenea, Pleurogenidae) from the intestine of the water skipper, Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis (Anura, Dicroglossidae), inhabiting the Western Ghats, India is described and illustrated. Pleurogenoides cyanophlycti n. sp. is new to the genus and is separated from its congeners on the basis of differences in morphology and morphometry. It is named after the host, E. cyanophlyctis.

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The authors are grateful to the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE), Government of Kerala for providing financial assistance in the form of a major research project (SRS/220/2015/KSCSTE) to carry out this study. The permission accorded by the Department of Forest and Wildlife, Government of Kerala (Order No WL10-63909/2016) for collecting frogs from the Wayanad forest region is also gratefully acknowledged. The authors are indebted to Prof. K. P. Janardanan for critically going through the manuscript.

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  1. Ecological Parasitology and Tropical Biodiversity Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Kannur University, Mananthavady Campus, Wayanad, Kerala, 670645, India

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Dr PKP designed and guided the study. Mr KS carried out the survey, collected and studied the adult trematodes in detail. The manuscript was written by both the authors.

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Shinad, K., Prasadan, P.K. Description of Pleurogenoides cyanophlycti n. sp. (Digenea: Pleurogenidae) infecting Euphlyctis cyanophlyctis from the Western Ghats, India. J Parasit Dis 42, 91–95 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-017-0971-x

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