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SOUTH AMERICAN TREMATODES PARASITES OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Peixes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Peixes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Helmintos Parasitos de Peixes. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Abstract in Portuguese
A publicação lista 215 micro-organismos da classe Trematoda descritos na América do Sul, encontrados em anfíbios e répteis da região. Além de informações sobre características morfológicas, local e ano da descrição do parasito, o livro apresenta 207 figuras.
Abstract
This catalog lists 215 species and 207 figures of trematodes parasites of amphibians and reptiles from South America: 71 species have been recorded from amphibians and 150 from reptiles. Six species have been reported in both groups of hosts. Parasitizing amphibians 36 species have been reported from Brazil, 24 species from Argentina, 19 from Uruguay, 11 from Peru and Venezuela each, 06 from Colombia and Paraguay each, 04 from Ecuador, 03 from Chile, and one from Bolivia. No amphibian trematode was reported from the The Falkland Islands, French Guyana, Galapagos Islands, Guyana and Surinam. From reptiles 112 species have been reported from Brazil, 32 from Argentina, 23 from Uruguay, 18 from Venezuela, 10 from Colombia, 06 from Ecuador, 05 from Paraguay, 04 from Galapagos Islands , 03 from Peru and one from Bolivia, French Guyana and Surinam each. Two species have been reported from South American reptiles without specified locality. No trematode parasitizing reptiles was reported from Chile, Falkland Islands and Guyana. This survey is based on bibliographic sources and includes main measurements, figures, hosts, geographical distribution and references.
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