Helminth Parasites of the Green Toad Bufo viridis Laurenti, 1768 in Baghdad Area, Central Iraq

Document Type : Original Article

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Iraq Natural History Research Centre and Museum. Baghdad University, Baghdad, Iraq

Abstract

Examination of a small collection of the green toad from Baghdad area, central Iraq revealed presence of two cestodes Proteocephalus sp. and Nematotaenia dispar and four nematodes Oswaldocruzia filiformis, Cosmocerca commutat, Cosmocercoides variabilis and Rhabdias bufonis.

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