First data on the helminth fauna of a locally distributed mountain frog, “Tavas frog” Rana tavasensis Baran & Atatür, 1986 (Anura: Ranidae), from the inner-west Anatolian region of Turkey

Authors

SERDAR DÜŞEN

DOI

10.3906/zoo-0909-15

Abstract

A total of 8 specimens of Rana tavasensis Baran & Atatür, 1986 (Tavas frog) were collected in Denizli Province (inner-west Anatolia, or the eastern part of the Aegean region), Turkey, in 2008 and 2009 and were examined for the first time for helminths. All 8 frogs were infected with 1 or more helminths. The helminth fauna of R. tavasensis comprised 3 species: 1 species of Digenea [Haplometra cylindracea (Zeder, 1800) Looss, 1899], 1 species of Nematoda [Cosmocerca ornata (Dujardin, 1845)], and 1 species of Acanthocephala [Acanthocephalus ranae (Schrank, 1788) Lühe, 1911)]. R. tavasensis represents a new host record for each of the observed helminth species in Turkey.

Keywords

Denizli, helminth, Kızılcabölük, Rana tavasensis, Tavas frog, Turkey

First Page

496

Last Page

502

Recommended Citation

DÜŞEN, SERDAR (2012) "First data on the helminth fauna of a locally distributed mountain frog, “Tavas frog” Rana tavasensis Baran & Atatür, 1986 (Anura: Ranidae), from the inner-west Anatolian region of Turkey," Turkish Journal of Zoology: Vol. 36: No. 4, Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-0909-15
Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/zoology/vol36/iss4/9