COSMOCERCIDAE Railliet, 1916

Goldberg, Stephen R., Bursey, Charles R., Kusamba, Chifundera, Mali, Franck M., Department, Eli Greenbaum, College, Whittier, Department, Usa, University, Pennsylvania State, Campus, Shenango, d’Hérpétologie, Usa Laboratoire, Biologie, Département de, Recherche, Centre de & Naturelles, Sciences, 2021, Helminths from three common species of African Toads (Anura, Bufonidae, Sclerophrys), Alytes 38 (1 - 4), pp. 49-57 : 51-53

COSMOCERCIDAE Railliet, 1916

Aplectana macintoshii has a wide distribution in amphibians and reptiles from the Ethiopian, Australian, Indomalayan, Neotropical and Palaearctic Realms ( Halajian et al. 2013). In view of the extensive distribution of this species, molecular examination of A. macintoshii from different sites is warranted to ascertain if more than one species exists. Aplectana macintoshii in S. pusilla is a new host record.

Aplectana praeputialis was first described from female worms collected from a host at that time assigned to Bufo (current designation unknown, but likely the genus Sclerophrys ) from East Africa ( Baker 1980). Le Van Hoa (1962) described male and female worms from a host at that time assigned to the genus Bufo (current designation unknown, but likely the genus Sclerophrys ) from the Congo as Aplectana praeputiale . Taylor (1924) reported A. praeputialis in S. regularis (as Bufo regularis ) from West Africa. Aplectana praeputialis in S. gutturalis and S. pusilla represent new host records.

Cosmocerca ornata is widespread and has been reported from the Ethiopian, Neotropical, Oriental and Palearctic Regions (see Halajian et al. 2013). In view of the extensive distribution of this species, molecular examination of C. ornata from different sites is warranted to ascertain if more than one species exists. A host list was provided by Yildirimhan et al. (2009). This list contained 36 anuran species, 1 species of salamander, 1 species of lizard and 1 species of snake. Cosmocerca ornata is already known to occur in S. regularis ( Halajian et al. 2013) .