Sarcophagid Myiasis in the Bufonid in Panama.

is a small terrestrial bufonid that occurs in Ecuador, Colombia, and Panama. Between January 2014 and October 2015, we inspected 339 from Panama and report myiasis in eight of these toads. All infested toads were male and presented with mobile dark fly larvae visible beneath the ventral skin. At necropsy, we identified the larvae as belonging to the family Sarcophagidae (flesh flies). Flesh flies have been variously considered as predators, parasitoids, and parasites of anurans. There are at least four species of flesh flies that infect adult amphibians in the Neotropics, with the most common and widespread being . Myiasis has only rarely been reported in Panamanian anurans. Anuran cases of sarcophagid myiasis are usually fatal and we suspect myiasis as the cause of death for the that died in the current study.