A Survey of Helminths of the Marsh Frog, Pelophylax ridibundus (Amphibia, Ranidae) and the First Record of Ophiotaenia saphena (Cestoda, Proteocephalidae) in the Ukrainian Part of the Danube Delta

• Datum: 2025
• Hauptverfasser: Greben, O., Syrota, Ya., Dmytriieva, I., Nechai, A., Dupak, V., Marushchak, O., Kuzmin, Yu., Svitin, R.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2025
• Online Zugang: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/799
• Назва журналу: Journal Zoodiversity

In 23 examined marsh frogs, Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771), from the town of Vylkove (Odesa Region, Ukraine), 25 helminth species were found. Helminth infracommunities in the studied frogs comprised 3–14 species (mean 9.4; median 10.0) and intensity of infection ranged from 20–351 (mean 151; m...