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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: Dilepididae
  • Parasite genus: Metadilepis
  • Parasite species: globacantha (Fuhrmann, 1913)
  • Host genus: Caprimulgus
  • Host species: europeus
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Reference
1.    Parasite:  Metadilepis globacantha (Fuhrmann, 1913)    
  From:  Caprimulgus europeus    In the wild
  Locality:  Sweden
  Reference:  (Georgiev, B.B. & Vaucher, C.,) (2003) 'Revision of the Metadilepididae (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from Caprimulgiformes (Aves).' Revue Suisse de Zoologie. Geneve 110(3): 491-532 , 58 figs, 2 tabs.
2.    Parasite:  Metadilepis globacantha (Fuhrmann, 1913)    
  From:  Caprimulgus europeus    In the wild
  Locality:  Ukraine, incl. Moldavia
  Reference:  Monogenea and Cestoda, Part 3. : Davaenoidea, Biuterinoidea and Paruterinoidea.