Helminth Fauna of the Caucasian Toad, Bufo verrucosissimus (Pallas, 1814) (Amphibia: Bufonidae), Collected from Türkiye
This study presents a helminthological investigation of 35 individuals (13♀♀ and 22♂♂) of the Caucasian toad, Bufo verrucosissimus (Pallas, 1814), collected from Artvin and Mersin provinces in Türkiye during 2024–2025. Six helminth species were identified: 1 species of Cestoda (Nematotaenia dispar (Goeze, 1782) Lühe, 1899), 4 species of Nematoda (Rhabdias bufonis (Schrank, 1788); Aplectana acuminata (Schrank, 1788) Railliet and Henry, 1916; Oxysomatium brevicaudatum (Zeder, 1800); Oswaldocruzia filiformis (Goeze, 1782)), and 1 species of Acanthocephala (Pseudoacanthocephalus caucasicus (Petrochenko, 1953)). This is the first helminthological study of B. verrucosissimus in Türkiye, and N. dispar and O. brevicaudatum represent new records for the host.
Authors
- Hikmet Sami Yildirimhan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7559-4200)
- Sema Sarıkurt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0660-6957)
- Ufuk Bülbül (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6691-6968)
- Nurhan Sümer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3930-2570)
- Charles R. Bursey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1266-3015)
- Ali Adan Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1661-6577)
- Mert Karış (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0468-9290)
- Adel Mohammed Redhwan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2702-3092)
- Yeliz Civil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-5528-4018)
Institutions
- Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University (TR)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇ (TR)
- Karadeniz Technical University (TR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Comparative Parasitology
- Published
- 2026-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1654/copa-d-26-00002
- Primary Topic
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00