Vol. 5 No. 2 (2010)
Articles

First report of freshwater leech <em>Helobdella stagnalis</em> (Rhyncobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) as a parasite of an anuran amphibian

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  • Rocco Tiberti,
  • Augusto Gentilli
Rocco Tiberti
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Pavia, Via Ferrata, 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
Augusto Gentilli
Dipartimento di Biologia Animale, Università di Pavia, Via Ferrata, 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-9034

Published 2010-12-20

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Tiberti, R., & Gentilli, A. (2010). First report of freshwater leech <em>Helobdella stagnalis</em> (Rhyncobdellida: Glossiphoniidae) as a parasite of an anuran amphibian. Acta Herpetologica, 5(2), 255–258. https://doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-9034
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Abstract

The authors describe the first case of parasitism on anuran amphibian, Rana temporaria, by the freshwater leech Helobdella stagnalis, in a mountainous area of northwestern Italy. The presence of skin abrasions and haemorrhages attributable to leech attack discards the hypothesis of a simple phoretic relationship between leech and frog.
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