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
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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Oct 1995