Brachycephalus pernix (Anura Brachycephalidae), a new host of Ophiotaenia (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea)

Luiz F. Ribeiro; Patrícia R. Ströher; Carina R. Firkowski; Felipe A. Cini; Marcos R. Bornschein; Marcio R. Pie

Brachycephalus pernix (Anura Brachycephalidae), a new host of Ophiotaenia (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea)

Luiz F. Ribeiro
, Patrícia R. Ströher
, Carina R. Firkowski
, Felipe A. Cini
, Marcos R. Bornschein
, Marcio R. Pie

Biology

Mater Natura-Instituto de Estudos Ambientais
Universidade Federal do Paraná

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Abstract

This study reports on a novel record of parasitism of the montane frog Brachycephalus pernix (Anura: Brachycephalidae) by the tapeworm Ophiotaenia sp. (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidea). Moreover, this is the second record of Ophiotaenia parasitizing an anuran in Brazil. The strong tendency for Brachycephalus to display isolated microendemic distributions provides an excellent model system to investigate host-parasite coevolution in terrestrial proteocephalidean tapeworms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	291-294
Number of pages	4
Journal	Herpetology Notes
Volume	7
Publication status	Published - 26 May 2014

Keywords

Brazil
Eucestoda
Geography
New record
Phylogeny
Terrarana

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