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Schellackia (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) of the brazilian tree-frog, Phrynohyas venulosa (Amphibia: Anura) from Amazonian Brazil

Abstract

Endogenous stages of a Schellackia species are described in histological sections of the intestine of the tree-frog, Phrynohyas venulosa, from North Brazil. Most oocysts sporulate within the epithelial cells of the gut, but a few were detected in the lamina propria.

Apicomplexa; Eimeriidae; Schellackia sp.; Phrynoyas venulosa; Amphibia; tree-frog; Brasil


ABSTRACT

Schellackia (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) of the brazilian tree-frog, Phrynohyas venulosa (Amphibia: Anura) from Amazonian Brazil

I. Paperna1

R. Lainson2

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Animal Sciences, Israel

Instituto Evrandro Chagas, Seção de Parasitologia, Belém, Brasil

Endogenous stages of a Schellackia species are described in histological sections of the intestine of the tree-frog, Phrynohyas venulosa, from North Brazil. Most oocysts sporulate within the epithelial cells of the gut, but a few were detected in the lamina propria.

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Publication Dates

  • Publication in this collection
    01 June 2009
  • Date of issue
    Oct 1995
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