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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: Nematodes
  • Parasite subgroup: Trichinelloidea
  • Parasite genus: Capillaria
  • Parasite species: tridens (Dujardin, 1845)
  • Host genus: Colaptes
  • Host species: auratus luteus
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1.    Parasite:  Capillaria tridens (Dujardin, 1845)    
  From:  Colaptes auratus luteus    In the wild
  Locality:  Pennsylvania
  Reference:  (Bolette, D.P.,) (1998) 'Gastrointestinal helminths of some yellow-shafted flickers, Colaptes auratus luteus (Aves: Picidae), from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.' Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 65(1): 114-116 , 1 tab.