Trematode infections in frogs: Do all cercarial morphotypes infect and induce effects on the common hourglass tree frog, <i>Polypedates</i> <i>cruciger</i>?
Trematode infections are known to induce malformations and increase mortality in amphibians. However, not all the larval trematodes induce effects on the host. Nine types of cercariae (A-I) belonging to five morphotypes (oculopleurolophocercous, distome, gymnocephalous, xiphidiocercariae and pleurol...
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Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Ceylon Journal of Science |
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| Online Access: | https://cjs.sljol.info/articles/7549 |