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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: Taeniidae
  • Parasite genus: Taenia
  • Parasite species: megacantha Rudolphi, 1819
  • Host genus: Caprimulgus
  • Host species: sp.
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1.    Parasite:  Taenia megacantha Rudolphi, 1819    
  From:  Caprimulgus sp.    In the wild
  Locality:  Brazil
  Comments:  Type-material in museum collection
  Reference:  (Hartwich, G. & Kilias, I.,) (1992) 'Die Typen der Cercomeromorphae (Plathelminthes) des Zoologischen Museums in Berlin.' Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 68(2): 209-248