Species Monocercomonas batrachorum (Dobell, 1908)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trichomastix batrachorum Dobell, C.C. 1908. On the intestinal Protozoan parasites of frogs and toads. Proceedings of the Philosophical Society, Cambridge 14: 428-433 [428].

Generic Combinations

• Monocercomonas batrachorum (Dobell, 1908) [changed combination authority not found, see confounded taxonomic history given in introduction of Laird, M. 1956. Intestinal flagellates from some New Zealand insects. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 84: 297-308].

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Arnhem Coast (ARC), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Symbiotic (host(s): Ranidella bilingua (Martin et al., 1980) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Bilingual Froglet (intestines); Litoria dentata (Keferstein, 1868) [HYLIDAE] Bleating Tree Frog (intestines); Litoria latopalmata Günther, 1867 [HYLIDAE] Broad-palmed Frog (intestines); Litoria ewingii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) [HYLIDAE] Brown Tree Frog (intestines); Ranidella signifera Girard, 1853 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Common Eastern Toadlet (intestines); Litoria rheocola Liem, 1974 [HYLIDAE] Creek Frog (intestines); Litoria dahlii (Boulenger, 1896) [HYLIDAE] Dahl’s Aquatic Frog (intestines); Litoria gracilenta (Peters, 1869) [HYLIDAE] Dainty Green Tree Frog (intestines); Litoria rubella (J.E. Gray, 1842) [HYLIDAE] Little Red Tree Frog (intestines); Litoria fallax (Peters, 1880) [HYLIDAE] Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (intestines); Mixophyes fasciolatus Günther, 1864 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Great Barred Frog (intestines); Litoria caerulea (J. White, 1790) [HYLIDAE] Green Tree Frog (syn. Hyla caerulea; intestines); Litoria lesueuri (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) [HYLIDAE] Lesueur’s Frog (syn. Hyla lesueuri; intestines); Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [BUFONIDAE] Marine Toad, Cane Toad (cloaca); Limnodynastes ornatus (Gray, 1842) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Ornate Burrowing Frog (intestines); Litoria pallida Davis et al., 1983 [HYLIDAE] Pale Frog (intestines); Litoria peronii (Tschudi, 1838) [HYLIDAE] Peron’s Tree Frog (syn. Hyla peronii; intestines); Litoria inermis (Peters, 1867) [HYLIDAE] Bumpy Rocket Frog (intestines); Litoria chloris (Boulenger, 1893) [HYLIDAE] Red-eyed Tree Frog (intestines); Litoria nasuta (J.E. Gray, 1842) [HYLIDAE] Rocket Frog (syn. Hyla nasuta; intestines); Litoria rothii (De Vis, 1884) [HYLIDAE] Northern Laughing Tree Frog (intestines); Uperoleia laevigata Keferstein, 1867 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Smooth Toadlet (intestines); Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther, 1858 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Spotted Grass Frog (intestines); Litoria cyclorhyncha (Boulenger, 1882) [HYLIDAE] Spotted-thighed Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes peronii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Striped Marsh Frog (intestines); Litoria tornieri (Nieden, 1923) [HYLIDAE] Black-shinned Rocket Frog (intestines); Litoria nannotis (Andersson, 1916) [HYLIDAE] Torrent Tree Frog (intestines); Neobatrachus centralis (H.W. Parker, 1940) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Trilling Frog (intestines)).

Extra Ecological Information

?possibly parasitic

Associated Fauna References

Delvinquier, B.L.J. & Freeland, W.J. 1988. Protozoan parasites of the cane toad, Bufo marinus, in Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 36: 301-316 (Bufo marinus)

Delvinquier, B.L.J. & Jones, M.K. 1988. A preliminary note on the intestinal flagellates of the Australian Anura. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 333-334 (Litoria pallida; Ranidella bilingua; Litoria rheocola; Neobatrachus centralis; Litoria tornieri; Litoria nannotis; Litoria dahlii; Litoria chloris; Litoria rothii; Litoria cyclorhyncha; Litoria fallax; Litoria gracilenta; Litoria dentata; Uperoleia laevigata; Litoria inermis; Litoria latopalmata; Mixophyes fasciolatus; Limnodynastes tasmaniensis; Ranidella signifera; Limnodynastes ornatus; Litoria nasuta; Litoria rubella; Limnodynastes peronii; Litoria lesueuri; Litoria ewingii; Litoria peronii; Litoria caerulea; Bufo marinus)

Speare, R. 1990. A review of the diseases of the cane toad, Bufo marinus, with comments on biological control. Australian Wildlife Research 17: 387-410 (Bufo marinus)

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