Genus Protoopalina Metcalf, 1918

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• Protoopalina Metcalf, M.M. 1918. title not found. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 8: 428.

Introduction

Unidentified species recorded from most Australian states.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Mallee (MAL), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Endosymbiotic (host(s): Limnodynastes peronii (Dumeril & Bibron, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Striped Marsh Frog (intestine); Mixophyes fasciolatus Günther, 1864 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Great Barred Frog (intestines (tadpoles)); Pseudophryne bibronii Günther, 1858 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Brown Toadlet (intestines); Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758) [BUFONIDAE] Cane Toad (intestines); Acanthurus nigrofuscus (Forsskål, 1775) [ACANTHURIDAE] Dusky Surgeonfish; Limnodynastes dumerilii Peters, 1863 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Eastern Banjo Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes tasmaniensis Günther, 1858 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Spotted Grass Frog (intestines (tadpoles)); Litoria aurea (Lesson, 1829) [HYLIDAE] Green and Golden Bell Frog (syn. Hyla aurea; intestines); Litoria caerulea (White, 1790) [HYLIDAE] Green Tree Frog (syn. Hyla caerulea; intestines); Litoria verreauxii Dumeril, 1853 [HYLIDAE] Verreaux’s Tree Frog (intestines)).

General References

Delvinquier, B.L.J. 1987. Opalinidae in Australian Anura. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 98: 93-122

Delvinquier, B.L.J. & Patterson, D.J. 1993. The opalines. pp. 247-325 in Kreier, J.P. & Baker, J.R. (eds). Parasitic Protozoa. San Diego : Academic Press Vol. 3 2.

Freeland, W.J., Delvinquier, B.L.J. & Bonnin, B. 1986. Food and parasitism of the cane toad, Bufo marinus, in relation to time since colonization. Australian Wildlife Research 13: 489-499

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

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