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Redescription of Cosmocercoides pulcher Wilkie, 1930 (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) from Japanese Bufo spp., with potential cryptic diversity.
Parasitology international - 1 Dec 2026
Marcaida Arvin Jet B, Nakao Minoru, Fukutani Kazumi, Nishikawa Kanto, Urabe Misako
Abstract excerpt
Cosmocercoides pulcher Wilkie, 1930 (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae: Cosmocercinae) was collected from the gastrointestinal tracts of 120 Japanese toads belonging to three taxa: Bufo japonicus Temminck and Schlegel, 1838 (type host), B. formosus Boulenger, 1883, and B. torrenticola Matsui 1976, across the Kinki region of Japan. Using an integrative approach combining light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and...
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