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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: Pseudocapillaria
  • Parasite species: salvelini (Poljansky, 1952)
  • Host genus: Salvelinus
  • Host species: alpinus
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Reference
1.    Parasite:  Pseudocapillaria salvelini (Poljansky, 1952)    
  From:  Salvelinus alpinus    In the wild
  Locality:  Greenland
  Reference:  (Due, T.T. & Curtis, M.A.,) (1995) 'Parasites of freshwater resident and anadromous Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus) in Greenland.' Journal of Fish Biology. 46: 578-592 , 4 tabs.
2.    Parasite:  Pseudocapillaria salvelini (Poljansky, 1952)    
  From:  Salvelinus alpinus    In the wild
  Locality:  Norway
  Comments:  Not original
  Reference:  (Sterud, E.,) (1999) 'Parasitter hos norske ferskvannsfisk.' Norsk Zoologist Forening. Rapport. Oslo. 7: 22 pp. , 1 tab., 2 figs.