The trematodes are a species-rich group of parasites, with some estimates suggesting that
there are more than 24,000 species. However, recent interests on the biology of trematodes …

The present study used experimental infections to compare the life cycles and life histories
of 6 Rhabdias spp. infecting snakes and anurans. Free-living development of anuran …

Metacercariae survival patterns and their distribution in second intermediate odonate hosts
were examined for 4 species of frog lung flukes. Surveys of aquatic larvae and recently …

Parasite community structure can change seasonally with shifts in host habitat and in diet.
However, anthropogenic activity may influence the natural changes in transmission …

Studies on life cycles and epizootiology of North American frog bladder flukes indicate that
adult frogs become infected predominantly by ingesting tadpoles or other frogs that serve as …

Turtle acanthocephalans in the genus Neoechinorhynchus have complex life cycles and are
thought to involve an ostracod intermediate host and a turtle definitive host. For …

Halipegus eccentricus is a common hemiurid trematode in the eustachian tubes of North
America frogs. However, the life cycle of this species has never been completely elucidated …

The importance of parasites as both members of biological communities and structuring
agents of host communities has been increasingly emphasized. Yet parasites of aquatic …

Megalodiscus temperatus (Stafford, 1905) is a common paramphistome trematode of North
American amphibians with a two host life cycle and has been reported to infect frogs and …

Lung flukes of the genus Haematoloechus Looss, 1899 are common parasites of anurans
worldwide, but the taxonomy of the group has been confusing. In this taxonomic revision, 89 …