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Australian Green Tree frog (Litoria infrafrenata) Frogs come in all shapes and sizes. The largest frog in the world is the goliath frog (Conraua goliath), up to 30 centimetres long whereas one of the smallest is Psyllophryne didactyla, its body only grows to less than one centimetre.

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  • Parasite group: Cestodes
  • Parasite subgroup: Hymenolepididae
  • Parasite genus: Hymenolepis
  • Parasite species: caprimulgarum Fuhrmann, 1906
  • Host genus: Caprimulgus
  • Host species: caroliensis
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1.    Parasite:  Hymenolepis caprimulgarum Fuhrmann, 1906    
  From:  Caprimulgus caroliensis    In the wild
  Locality:  South America
  Comments:  not original
  Reference:  (Nama, H.S.,) (1990) 'An overview of the tapeworm genus Hymenolepis Weinland, 1958 sensu lato from arid and non-arid regions.' Scientific Reviews on Arid Zone Research 7: 1-80 , 2 tabs.