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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: Cestodes
  • Parasite subgroup: Dilepididae
  • Parasite genus: Metadilepis
  • Parasite species: globacantha (Fuhrmann, 1913)
  • Host genus: Caprimulgus
  • Host species: indicus jotaka
References 1-3 of 3

Reference
1.    Parasite:  Metadilepis globacantha (Fuhrmann, 1913)    
  From:  Caprimulgus indicus jotaka    In the wild
  Locality:  Japan
  Comments:  ?
  Reference:  (Georgiev, B.B. & Vaucher, C.,) (2003) 'Revision of the Metadilepididae (Cestoda: Cyclophyllidea) from Caprimulgiformes (Aves).' Revue Suisse de Zoologie. Geneve 110(3): 491-532 , 58 figs, 2 tabs.
2.    Parasite:  Metadilepis globacantha (Fuhrmann, 1913)    
  From:  Caprimulgus indicus jotaka    In the wild
  Locality:  Japan
  Comments:  Not original
  Reference:  (Uchida, A., et al.,) (1991) 'Check list of helminth parasites of Japanese birds.' Japanese Journal of Parasitology. Tokyo 40:: 7-85 , 1 fig.
3.    Parasite:  Metadilepis globacantha (Fuhrmann, 1913)    
  From:  Caprimulgus indicus jotaka    In the wild
  Locality:  Japan
  Reference:  Studies on the helminth fauna of vertebrates in Oita prefecture. Part 2. Avian helminths.