Some Parasitic Nematodes from the Cameroons (W. Africa)

Abstract

1. A new species of Oxysomatium (O. minutum) is described from a frog Rana ptychadena mascareniensis.2. The crested chameleon (C.? cristatus) and Bufo supercilioris are reported as new species of hosts recorded for Africana africana (Gendre, 1909) Travassos, 1920.3. Strongyluris brevicandata Müller, 1894 and Thelandros sp. are reported from Agama agama agama.4. Amplicaecum involutum (Gedoelst, 1916) Yorke and Maplestone, 1926 is redescribed from Chamaeleon (?) cristatus which is regarded as a new host record and A. pesteri n.sp. from Bufo superciloris is described to be the smallest species of this genus.

The systematics and zoogeography of Spinicaudinae and Meteterakinae (Heterakoidea: Nematoda) parasitic in reptiles and amphibians

“…Kinixys belliana (Testudinidae), Guinea. Also in same host, Malawi (Fitzsimmons, 1961); Varanus arenarius, Dahomey (Gendre, 1911); Chamaeleo cristatus, Cameroon (Rasheed, 1965); Bufo regularis, C. Africa (Walton, 1946); Kinixys erosa, C. etiendii, Congo (Baylis, 1939(Baylis, , 1940.…”

“…S. brevicaudata Mueller, 1894. Agama colonorum (= A. agama),E. Africa. Also in same species, Cameroon, Upper Volta, Dahomey, N. Nigeria (Rasheed, 1965;Bain, 1970;Gendre, 1909;Taylor, 1924); Agama sp., N. Nigeria (Cowper, 1969); Chamaeleo dilepis, Kenya (Schmidt & Canaris, 1968); C. fischeri, C. dilepis, Tanzania (Sandground, 1928;Baylis, 1929).…”

Helminth parasites (Cestoidea, Nematoda, Pentastomida) of selected herpetofauna from Cameroon, West Africa

“…We document a new host and distributional record for C. jaegerskioeldi. Rasheed, 1965) was reported by Rasheed (1965) from the Mascarene grassland frog, Ptychadena mascareniensis (= Rana ptychadena mascareniensis) in Cameroon. This nematode is also widely distributed in amphibians and reptiles of both North and South Africa (Baker 1987a).…”

“…Rasheed (1965) reported O. chrysanthemoides (syn. Amplicaecum involutum) from the crested chameleon, Chamaeleo cristatus and Zaire toad, Amietophrynus superciliaris (syn.…”

“…Little is known about the helminth parasites of herpetofauna from Cameroon: Rasheed (1965) identified nematodes from amphibians and reptiles; Gassmann (1975) reported trematodes from amphibians; Fischthal (1976) listed trematodes from lizards; Durette-Desset and Vaucher (1979) studied trichostrongyloids from amphibians and reptiles; Baker (1982) described a new species of Oswaldocruzia from the warty toad, Amietophrynus tuberosus (syn. Bufo polycercus); McAllister et al (1992) found a cestode and a nematode in the spotted night adder (Causus maculatus); Bursey et al (1997) provided a description of a new species of Oochoristica from house geckoes, Hemidactylus mabouia; Lhermitte-Vallarino et al (2008) described a new species each of Rhabdias from the crested chameleon, Chamaeleo cristatus and the four-horned chameleon, Chamaeleo quadricornis; and Lhermitte-Vallarino et al (2009) described a new species of Rhabdias from the Cameroon stump-tailed chameleon, Rhampholeon spectrum (Lhermitte-Vallarino et al 2009).…”