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Two new species of the genus Amplicaecum Baylis from Malayan amphibians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

P. H. Yuen
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Singapore

Extract

This paper records two new species of Amplicaecum from Malayan amphibians for which the following names are proposed: Amplicaecum communis sp.nov. and A. sandoshami sp.nov. A. communis is a common parasite in a number of Malayan amphibians, but A. sandoshami has been found only in Megophrys sp.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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