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Helminths of the Ezo Brown Frog, Rana pirica (Ranidae), from Hokkaido Island, Japan
- Pacific Science
- University of Hawai'i Press
- Volume 57, Number 2, April 2003
- pp. 167-169
- 10.1353/psc.2003.0009
- Article
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Rana pirica Matsui, endemic to Hokkaido Island, Japan, was examined for helminths. One species of Monogenea, Polystoma ozakii; three species of Nematoda, Cosmocercoides pulcher, Oswaldocruzia socialis, and Rhabdias nipponica; and one species of Acanthocephala, Acanthocephalus lucidus, were found. Rana pirica represents a new host record and Hokkaido Island a new locality record for O. socialis, R. nipponica, and A. lucidus. None of the helminths found in this study is restricted to Hokkaido Island.