Species Spironucleus elegans Lavier, 1936

Museums

Regional Maps

• Spironucleus elegans Lavier, G. 1936. Sur la structure des flagellés du genre Hexamita Duj. Comptes Rendus de la Société Biologie 121: 1173-1180 1 fig.

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

Parasitic (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); Nyctimystes dayi (Günther, 1897) [HYLIDAE] Day’s Frog (intestines); Litoria rubella (J.E. Gray, 1842) [HYLIDAE] Little Red Tree Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes dumerilii Peters, 1863 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Eastern Banjo Frog (intestines); Litoria fallax (Peters, 1880) [HYLIDAE] Eastern Dwarf Tree Frog (intestines); Ranidella parinsignifera (Main, 1957) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Eastern Sign-bearing Froglet (intestines); Litoria serrata (Andersson, 1916) [HYLIDAE] Fringed Tree Frog (syn. L. eucnemis; intestines); Litoria infrafrenata (Günther, 1867) [HYLIDAE] Giant Tree Frog (intestines); Litoria caerulea (J. White, 1790) [HYLIDAE] Green Tree Frog (syn. Hyla caerulea; intestines); Litoria raniformis (Keferstein, 1867) [HYLIDAE] Growling Grass Frog (intestines); Neobatrachus pelobatoides (Werner, 1914) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Humming Frog (intestines); Litoria lesueuri (Duméril & Bibron, 1841) [HYLIDAE] Lesueur’s Frog (syn. Hyla lesueuri; intestines); Limnodynastes convexiusculus (Macleay, 1877) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Marbled Frog (intestines); Bufo marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) [BUFONIDAE] Marine Toad, Cane Toad (intestines); Cyclorana novaehollandiae Steindachner, 1867 [HYLIDAE] New Holland Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes terraereginae Fry, 1915 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Northern Banjo Frog (intestines); Litoria nyakalensis Liem, 1974 [HYLIDAE] Nyakala Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes ornatus (Gray, 1842) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Ornate Burrowing Frog (intestines); Neobatrachus pictus Peters, 1863 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Painted 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); Pseudophryne coriacea Keferstein, 1868 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Red-backed Toadlet (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 (intestine); Litoria tornieri (Nieden, 1923) [HYLIDAE] Black-shinned Rocket Frog (intestines); Neobatrachus centralis (H.W. Parker, 1940) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Trilling Frog (intestines); Litoria verreauxii (Dumeril, 1853) [HYLIDAE] Verreaux’s Tree Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes dorsalis (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Western Banjo Frog (intestines); Ranidella insignifera (Moore, 1954) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Western Sign-bearing Froglet (intestines); Litoria revelata Ingram et al., 1982 [HYLIDAE] Whirring Tree Frog (intestines)).

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; Litoria revelata; Ranidella bilingua; Litoria nyakalensis; Litoria rheocola; Ranidella parinsignifera; Ranidella insignifera; Neobatrachus centralis; Litoria tornieri; Litoria serrata; Limnodynastes terraereginae; Neobatrachus pelobatoides; Nyctimystes dayi; Litoria dahlii; Litoria chloris; Litoria rothii; Litoria cyclorhyncha; Litoria fallax; Limnodynastes convexiusculus; Litoria gracilenta; Pseudophryne coriacea; Litoria dentata; Uperoleia laevigata; Cyclorana novaehollandiae; Litoria inermis; Litoria infrafrenata; Litoria latopalmata; Litoria raniformis; Limnodynastes dumerilii; Neobatrachus pictus; Limnodynastes tasmaniensis; Ranidella signifera; Litoria verreauxii; Limnodynastes ornatus; Litoria nasuta; Litoria rubella; Limnodynastes dorsalis; Limnodynastes peronii; Litoria ewingii; Litoria lesueuri; 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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