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  <dc:contributor>Victoria E. Matey</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Richard N. Fisher</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Edward L. Ervin</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Manna L. Warburton</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Ludmila Bakhireva</dc:contributor>
  <dc:contributor>Cynthia A. Lehman</dc:contributor>
  <dc:creator>Boris I. Kuperman</dc:creator>
  <dc:date>2004</dc:date>
  <dc:description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;A total of 230 feral African clawed frogs, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Xenopus laevis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, from 3 localities in southern California were examined for parasites. The following species were found: 3 species of Protozoa, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Nyctotherus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;sp., &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Balantidium xenopodis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Protoopalina xenopodus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;; 2 species of Monogenea, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Protopolystoma xenopodis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Gyrdicotylus gallieni&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;; 1 species of Digenea, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Clinostomum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; sp. (as metacercariae); 1 species of Cestoda, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cephalochlamys namaquensis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;; 2 species of Nematoda, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Contracaecum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; sp. (as larvae), &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eustrongylides&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; sp. (as larvae); and 1 species of Acanthocephala, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Acanthocephalus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; sp. (as cystacanth). Of these, the protozoans &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;P. xenopodus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;B. xenopodis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;, both monogeneans, and the cestode have an African origin. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Contracaecum&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; sp., &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eustrongylides&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; sp., and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;Acanthocephalus&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt; sp. have not been previously reported from &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;X. laevis&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</dc:description>
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  <dc:identifier>10.1654/4112</dc:identifier>
  <dc:language>en</dc:language>
  <dc:publisher>The Helminthological Society of Washington</dc:publisher>
  <dc:title>Parasites of the African clawed frog, &lt;i&gt;Xenopus laevis&lt;/i&gt;, in southern California, U.S.A</dc:title>
  <dc:type>article</dc:type>
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