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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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Search criteria:

  • Parasite group: Nematodes
  • Parasite subgroup: Acuarioidea
  • Parasite genus: Synhimantus
  • Parasite species: laticeps (Rudolphi, 1819)
  • Host genus: Tyto
  • Host species: alba
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Reference
1.    Parasite:  Synhimantus laticeps (Rudolphi, 1819)    
  From:  Tyto alba    In the wild
  Locality:  Netherlands
  Reference:  (Borgsteede, F.H.M., et al.,) (2003) 'The helminth fauna of birds of prey (Accipitriformes, Falconiformes and Strigiformes) in the Netherlands.' Acta Parasitologica. Warsaw 48(3): 200-207 , 1 tab.
2.    Parasite:  Synhimantus laticeps (Rudolphi, 1819)    
  From:  Tyto alba    In the wild
  Locality:  Argentina
  Reference:  (Etchegoin, J.A., Cremonte, F. & Navone, G.T.,) (2000) 'Synhimantus (Synhimantus) laticeps (Rudolphi, 1819) Railliet, Henry & Sisoff, 1912 (Nematoda, Acuariidae) parasitic in Tyto alba (Gmelin) (Aves, Tytonidae) in Argentina.' Acta Parasitologica. Warsaw 45(2): 99-106 , 17 figs, 3 tabs.