Lueheia inscripta(Westrumb, 1821) (Acanthocephala: Plagiorhynchidae) in anurans (Leptodactylidae: Bufonidae) from Mexico

Lueheia karachiensis, New Species (Acanthocephala: Plagiorhynchidae) from a Bird in Karachi, Pakistan

Lueheia karachiensis, new species (Acanthocephala: Plagiorhynchidae) from the small intestine of a bird (Accipiter badius cenchroides (Serertzov) is being described. The new species possesses the following characters viz. Body elongated measuring 13.60 by 0.72-1.04. Broadest body width at the end of proboscis receptacle or at level of anterior testis. Proboscis short, sub-globular with 20-24 ro...

Acanthocephalus bufonis (Acanthocephala) from Bufo marinus (Bufonidae: Amphibia) in Hawaii.

During a survey of the helminth parasites of the introduced toad, Bufo marinus, on O'ahu, Hawaii, an acanthocephalan corresponding to Acanthocephalus bufonis (Shipley, 1903) was found in the intestinal tract. This is a new host and locality record for A. bufonis which has only previously been recorded from amphibians in the Orient. Possible mechanisms for the introduction of A. bufonis to Hawai...

Advertisement call of Rhinella crucifer (Wied-Neuwied, 1821) (Anura: Bufonidae) from southern Bahia, Brazil.

The Rhinella crucifer species group is currently composed by six species: Only two species in the group have described calls: R. ornata as Bufo crucifer in Heyer et al. (1990) and R. pombali (Lourenço et al. 2010). The type locality of R. crucifer was informed as being between São Pedro de Alcantara in Santa Catarina and Barra da Vereda in Bahia, but as stated by Bokermann (1966) the type local...

Diet of Physalaemus cf. cicada (Leptodactylidae) and Bufo granulosus (Bufonidae) in a semideciduous forest.

We determined the diet of the two most abundant anuran species which occur in the litter of a semideciduous forest (Lençóis, Bahia, Brazil), Physalaemus cf. cicada and Bufo granulosus in the dry and rainy seasons. Pitfall traps were used to collect anuran and invertebrate fauna, which showed the availability of prey in the environment. Physalaemus cf. cicada was present in both seasons and Bufo...

Small numbers, great impact: Mexico and its immigrants, 1821-1973.