The Biological Characteristic of Representatives of the Genus Hepatozoon (Apicomplexa, Adeleorina) in the Marsh Frog (Pelophylax ridibundus) Separate Populations of Zaporozhzhya Region

Korzh A. P., Zadorozhnyaya V. Y.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/vzoo-2013-0013

Abstract

In blood of frogs in two of seven studied biotopes the presence of the genus Hepatozoon representatives was revealed. Morphometric parametres allowed defining a specific accessory of the revealed haemoparasite Hepatozoon in a blood channel of village Malozaharino frogs which were closest to the species H. magna (Grassi et Feletti, 1891) Labbe, 1899.

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