Gastrointestinal helminths from fifteen species ofLitoriaandNyctimystes(Anura: Hylidae) from Papua New Guinea

Helminths ofEmoia caeruleocauda(Squamata: Scincidae) from the Northern Mariana Islands, Micronesia

“…2 of Goldberg et al 2008). Acanthocephalans are parasites of all classes of vertebrates; cystacanths are larval forms that occur in the arthropod intermediate host of acanthocephalans (Kennedy 2006) and have been reported in frogs, Hylophorbus rufescens, Litoria modica, Litoria wollastoni and Hylarana supragrisea, and in the lizards Carlia eothen and Sphenomorphus simus from Papua New Guinea (Bursey et al 2007(Bursey et al , 2008bGoldberg et al 2009Goldberg et al , 2010.…”

New Species ofCosmocercella(Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) and Other Helminths inTribolonotus novaeguineae(Sauria: Scincidae) from Papua New Guinea

“…Tribolonotus novaeguineae represents a new host record for P. maplestoni. Goldberg et al, 2009b); Hylarana supragrisea (reported as Sylvirana supragrisea, Bursey et al, 2008a); Hylarana volkerjane ; Fergusson Island frog, Hylarana walisea ; Lechiodus melanopyga ; Alotau Land frog, Liophryne dentata ; Litoria cheesmani (reported as Nyctimysts cheesmani, Goldberg et al, 2009a); fringed tree frog, Litoria eucnemis ; southern New Guinea treefrog, Litoria impura ; Litoria infrafrenata ; Litoria pulcher (reported as Nycimystes pulcher, Goldberg et al, 2009a); Platymantis adiastolus ; Platymantis boulengeri ; Gilliard's wrinkled ground frog, Platymantis gilliardi ; Baining wrinkled ground frog, Platymantis nexipus ; Platymantis papuensis ; Platymantis schmidti (Goldberg et al, Geographic range: The genus Abbreviata has wide distribution; however, to our knowledge it has not been reported from South America (Baker, 1987).…”

“…Additional New Guinea records: Zweifel's Papua frogs, Barygenys exsul ; Boulenger's callulops frog, Callulops robustus ; Papua rain forest frog, Cophixalus ateles (reported as Cophixalis sisyphus, Goldberg et al, 2009d); Lae Mehely frog, Copiula fistulans ; Cheesman's bigeyed treefrog, Litoria cheesmani (reported as Nyctimystes cheesmani, Bursey et al, 2009a); spurred bigeyed treefrog, Litoria pulcher (reported as Nyctimystes pulcher, Goldberg et al, 2009a); water frog, Hylarana daemeli ; Hylarana volkerjane (Bursey et al, 2012); red Mawatta frogs, Hylophorbus rufescens ; Victoria Archipelago frog, Mantophryne lateralis ; New Britain wrinkled ground frog, Platymantis adiastolus ; Boulenger's wrinkled ground frog, Platymantis boulengeri ; Schmidt's wrinkled ground frog, Platymantis schmidti ; hooded skink, Carlia luctuosa ; Cyrtodactylus klugei ; Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis ; Battersby's emo skink, Emoia battersbyi ; shrub whiptailskink, Emoia longicauda ; obscure emo skink, Emoia obscura ; De Vis' emo skink, Emoia pallidiceps (Goldberg et al, 2008); slender emo skink, Emoia physicae ; Pope's emo skink, Emoia popei ; Eugongylus rufescens ; modest forest dragon, Hypsilurus modestus ; Sphenomorphus aignanus ; Sphenomorphus jobiensis, (Bursey et al, 2005b;Goldberg et al, 2009c); Sphenomorphus louisiadensis ; Sphenomorphus meyeri ; Sphenomorphus nigrolineata ; Sphenomorphus simus (Bursey et al, 2007a;Goldberg et al, 2009c); Tribolonotus novaeguineae .…”

“…Prevalence, mean intensity, 6 SD, and range: Four of 7 hosts infected (57%, 6.0 6 1. ; spurred big-eyed treefrog, Litoria pulchra (as Nyctimystes pulcher, Goldberg et al, 2009a); Papua wrinkled ground frog, Platymantis papuensis ; Kluge's bow-fingered gecko, Cyrtodactylus klugei ; ringtailed bow-fingered gecko, Cyrtodactylus louisiadensis ; DeRooij's bow-fingered gecko, Cyrtodactylus sermowaiensis ; barlipped sheen skink, Eugongylus rufescens ; St. Aignan Island skink, Sphenomorphus aignanus ; Forbes' wedge skink, Sphenomorphus forbesei ; forest skink, Sphenomorphus granulatus ; Jobi skink, Sphenomorphus jobiensis (Bursey et al, 2005b;Goldberg et al, 2009c); Meyer's wedge skink, Sphenomorphus meyeri ; Irian Jaya wedge skink, Sphenomorphus minutus ; black-striped wedge skink, Sphenomorphus nigrolineata ; Solomons wedge skink, Sphenomorphus solomonis ; Tribolonotus novaeguineae .…”

Maxvachonia ingens sp. nov. (Nematoda, Cosmocercidae) in Litoria darlingtoni (Anura, Hylidae) from Papua New Guinea

“…pulcher) and L. thesaurensis, also from New Guinea Goldberg et al 2009). Females of the species previously described from the Australo-Papuan Region have the vulva positioned anterior to the oesophageal bulb, females of M. dimorpha have the vulva at the level of the oesophageal bulb, females of the new species have the vulva posterior to the oesophageal bulb.…”