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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: Trematodes
  • Parasite subgroup: Hemiuridae
  • Parasite genus: Hemiurus
  • Parasite species: appendiculatus (Rudolphi, 1802)
  • Host genus: Alosa
  • Host species: sapidissima
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1.    Parasite:  Hemiurus appendiculatus (Rudolphi, 1802)    
  From:  Alosa sapidissima    In the wild
  Locality:  NW Atlantic: Canadian coast
  Reference:  (Hogans, W.E., Dadswell, M.J., Uhazy, L.S. & Appy, R.G.,) (1993) 'Parasites of American shad, Alosa sapidissima (Osteichthyes: Clupeidae), from rivers of the North American Atlantic coast and the Bay of Fundy, Canada.' Canadian Journal of Zoology. Ottawa 71: 941-946 , 2 figs, 3 tabs.
2.    Parasite:  Hemiurus appendiculatus (Rudolphi, 1802)    
  From:  Alosa sapidissima    In the wild
  Locality:  Georgia (USA)
  Reference:  (Hogans, W.E., Dadswell, M.J., Uhazy, L.S. & Appy, R.G.,) (1993) 'Parasites of American shad, Alosa sapidissima (Osteichthyes: Clupeidae), from rivers of the North American Atlantic coast and the Bay of Fundy, Canada.' Canadian Journal of Zoology. Ottawa 71: 941-946 , 2 figs, 3 tabs.
3.    Parasite:  Hemiurus appendiculatus (Rudolphi, 1802)    
  From:  Alosa sapidissima    In the wild
  Locality:  Florida
  Reference:  (Hogans, W.E., Dadswell, M.J., Uhazy, L.S. & Appy, R.G.,) (1993) 'Parasites of American shad, Alosa sapidissima (Osteichthyes: Clupeidae), from rivers of the North American Atlantic coast and the Bay of Fundy, Canada.' Canadian Journal of Zoology. Ottawa 71: 941-946 , 2 figs, 3 tabs.