Barton D P, Richards S J
Zoology Department, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, Australia.
Int J Parasitol. 1996 Dec;26(12):1381-5. doi: 10.1016/s0020-7519(96)00121-x.
The helminth fauna of Litoria genimaculata, a rainforest frog from northern Queensland, was quantified from 53 adult male frogs collected at monthly intervals between April 1990 and March 1991. The helminth fauna of this species was depauperate (6 species: Mesocoelium sp., Parapolystoma bulliense, Austraplectana sp., Onchocercidae gen. sp., Cosmocerca sp. and an unidentified nematode larva). The most commonly encountered species was P. bulliense, but the intestinal infracommunity was dominated by the digenean Mesocoelium sp. Fifty-five per cent of frogs were infected with only 1 helminth species and only 1 frog had more than 2 species, resulting in low diversity values. These results support previous studies which indicate that amphibians have depauperate helminth communities.
对来自昆士兰北部的雨林蛙——眼斑姬蛙（Litoria genimaculata）的蠕虫动物区系进行了量化研究，研究对象为1990年4月至1991年3月期间每月采集的53只成年雄蛙。该物种的蠕虫动物区系种类匮乏（有6种：中体属（Mesocoelium sp.）、布氏副多盘吸虫（Parapolystoma bulliense）、澳大利亚棘带吸虫（Austraplectana sp.）、盘尾丝虫科（Onchocercidae gen. sp.）、科斯莫线虫属（Cosmocerca sp.）以及一种未鉴定的线虫幼虫）。最常遇到的物种是布氏副多盘吸虫，但肠道小群落以复殖吸虫中体属为主。55%的青蛙仅感染1种蠕虫，只有1只青蛙感染了超过2种蠕虫，导致多样性值较低。这些结果支持了之前的研究，这些研究表明两栖动物的蠕虫群落种类匮乏。
