Helminth Parasites of Polypedates leucomystax (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae) in Yaeyama Islands, Southern Ryukyu, Okinawa, Japan

We evaluated helminth parasitism in the alien frog, Polypedates leucomystax, on Ishigakijima and Iriomotejima, Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa, Japan. Among 12 helminth species observed, the parasitic oligochaete, Allodero sp., may have been introduced by this frog to Ishigakijima without spreading to Irio...

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Published inCurrent Herpetology Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 1 - 10
Main Authors Hasegawa, Hideo, Kadota, Yohei, Ikeda, Yatsukaho, Sato, Akiko, Matsuura, Keiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published Kyoto UniBio Press 01.02.2018
The Herpetological Society of Japan
Subjects
Allodero
Amphibians
Birds
Endemic species
Endoparasites
Ethanol
Exotic species
Frogs
Geoemyda spengleri
Glycerol
Islands
Mollusks
Museums
Nematodes
ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Parasites
Parasitism
Parasitology
Polypedates leucomystax
Snakes
Yaeyama Islands
Yaeyama Islands
Japan
Okinawa
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Summary:We evaluated helminth parasitism in the alien frog, Polypedates leucomystax, on Ishigakijima and Iriomotejima, Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa, Japan. Among 12 helminth species observed, the parasitic oligochaete, Allodero sp., may have been introduced by this frog to Ishigakijima without spreading to Iriomotejima. Raillietnema rhacophori, a nematode commonly parasitic in P. leucomystax of Okinawajima and Miyakojima, was not observed. Seven helminth species, namely, Mesocoelium sp., Rhabdias sp., Strongyloides sp., Cosmocerca japonica, Meteterakis sp., Oswaldocruzia hoepplii, Oswaldocruzia japalurae, Pseudoacanthocephalus sp. were surmised to be acquired from the endemic anurans and/or saurians in the Yaeyama Islands. This frog also serves as a paratenic host for Physalopteridae sp., Dispharynx sp. and Centrorhynchus sp./spp., in which adults are parasites of birds or snakes.
ISSN:1345-5834
1881-1019
DOI:10.5358/hsj.37.1