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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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Host-parasite database

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  • Parasite group: Nematodes
  • Parasite subgroup: Ascaridoidea
  • Parasite genus: Porrocaecum
  • Parasite species: depressum (Zeder, 1800)
  • Host genus: Accipiter
  • Host species: gentilis
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Reference
1.    Parasite:  Porrocaecum depressum (Zeder, 1800)    
  From:  Accipiter gentilis    In the wild
  Locality:  Finland
  Reference:  (Fagerholm, H.-P.,) (1991) 'Systematic implications of male caudal morphology in ascaridoid nematode parasites.' Systematic Parasitology. Dordrecht 19: 215-228 , 2 figs, 1 tab.
2.    Parasite:  Porrocaecum depressum (Zeder, 1800)    
  From:  Accipiter gentilis    In the wild
  Locality:  Czechoslovakia
  Reference:  (Frantova, D.,) (2002) 'Some parasitic nematodes (Nematoda) of birds (Aves) in the Czech Republic.' Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemoslovacae, Prague 66(1): 13-28 , 5 figs, 5 tabs.
3.    Parasite:  Porrocaecum depressum (Zeder, 1800)    
  From:  Accipiter gentilis    In the wild
  Locality:  Czechoslovakia
  Reference:  (Sitko, J.,) (1994) 'Helminths of birds of prey (Falconiformes) and owls (Strigeiformes) in the Czech Republic and their influence on health condition of caged birds.' Zpravy Moravsky Ornithologicky Spolek 52: 53-84 , 1 tab. , (In Czech).