ISSN:
1573-5192
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract During 1992, the cloaca of 83 specimens of North American Amphibia from Algonquin Park and Kingston, Ontario, Canada, and from El Paso County, Texas, USA, comprising 14 species in seven families, were checked for opalinids. Opalina martinonae n. sp. was found in five of nine Rana sylvatica (Ranidae); O. obtrigonoidea Metcalf, 1923 in six of 11 Bufo americanus (Bufonidae) and two of nine Pseudacris crucifer (Hylidae); O. pickeringi Metcalf, 1923 in two of nine Pseudacris crucifer and in one of six Rana pipiens; and O. virguloidea Metcalf, 1923 in two of six Hyla versicolor (Hylidae). Opalina flava Stokes, 1884 is proposed for Cepedea flava (Stokes, 1884) Metcalf, 1923. The occurrence, evolution and biogeography of North American Opalina are discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00009719
