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First report of Seuratascaris numidica Seurat, 1917 (Nematoda: Ascarididae) and other helminths from amphibians of West Bengal, India

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Studies on nematode parasites from anuran hosts from Eastern India, particularly West Bengal, are rare. To our knowledge, there is a report of larvae of Monhysterides sp. (a fish parasite) from cysts within the body cavity and musculature of Duttaphrynus melanostictus, Hoplobatrachus tigerinus and Euphlyctis hexadactylus as well as descriptions of Aplectana duttaphryni from D. melanostictus, Aplectana dubrajpuri from H. tigerinus, Cosmocerca microhylae from Microhyla rubra and Rhabdias bulbicauda from D. melanostictus. Here, we report mature individuals of typical anuran parasites, Diplodiscus amphichrus and Seuratascaris numidica, from H. tigerinus and larvae of Acuariidae (a bird parasite) from Fejervarya limnocharis collected in Kulti, West Bengal.

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  1. Department of Zoology, Kulti College, Kulti, Burdwan, West Bengal, 713343, India

    Sujan K. Sou

  2. Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, 147 Shenango Avenue, Sharon, PA, 16146-1537, USA

    Charles R. Bursey

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Sou, S.K., Bursey, C.R. First report of Seuratascaris numidica Seurat, 1917 (Nematoda: Ascarididae) and other helminths from amphibians of West Bengal, India. J Parasit Dis 41, 292–294 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12639-016-0751-z

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