Authors: Roberto Eizemberg Leandro Talione Sabagh Renata da Silva Mello
Publish Date: 2007/10/17
Volume: 102, Issue: 2, Pages: 329-331
Abstract
Myiasis in anurans is usually caused by diptera from the Calliphoridae Sarcophagidae Chloropidae and Muscidae families In this study one case of cloacal myiasis and one of oral myiasis were registered in Aplastodiscus arildae caused by Notochaeta bufonivora in Teresópolis RJ Brazil With this report a new host is listed for N bufonivora the first case of treefrog myiasis caused by sarcophagid flies and the first occurrence of hylid myiasis in the Neotropical area
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