Species Trichomitus batrachorum (Perty, 1852)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Trichomonas batrachorum Perty, J.A.M. 1852. Zur Kenntnis kleinster Lebensformen. Bern : Jent and Reinert.

Generic Combinations

• Trichomitus batrachorum (Perty, 1852). —
  Honigberg, B.M. 1953. Structure, taxonomic status, and host list of Tritrichomonas batrachorum (Perty). Journal of Parasitology 39(2): 191-208 [Date published April] [196-200]

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 nigrofrenata (Günther, 1867) [HYLIDAE] Bridle Frog (intestines); Litoria latopalmata Günther, 1867 [HYLIDAE] Broad-palmed Frog (intestines); Pseudophryne bibronii Günther, 1858 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Brown Toadlet (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); Sphenophryne robusta (Fry, 1912) [MICROHYLIDAE] Fry’s Frog, Robust Frog (= Austrochaperina robusta, = Austrochaperina fryi; intestines); Mixophyes iteratus Straughan, 1968 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Giant Barred 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 aurea (Lesson, 1829) [HYLIDAE] Green and Golden Bell Frog (syn. Hyla aurea; 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); Mixophyes schevilli Loveridge, 1933 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Northern Barred Frog (intestines); Litoria nyakalensis Liem, 1974 [HYLIDAE] Nyakala Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes ornatus (Gray, 1842) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Ornate Burrowing Frog (intestines); Cophixalus ornatus (Fry, 1912) [MICROHYLIDAE] Ornate Nursery 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); Assa darlingtoni (Loveridge, 1933) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Pouched 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); Limnodynastes salmini Steindachner, 1867 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Salmon-striped Frog (intestines); Cyclorana brevipes (Peters, 1871) [HYLIDAE] Short-footed 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); Taudactylus rheophilus Liem & Hosmer, 1973 [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Tinkling 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); Adelotus brevis (Günther, 1863) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Tusked Frog (intestines); Litoria tyleri Martin et al., 1979 [HYLIDAE] Tyler’s Tree Frog (intestines); Limnodynastes dorsalis (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MYOBATRACHIDAE] Western Banjo Frog (intestines, large intestine); Litoria revelata Ingram et al., 1982 [HYLIDAE] Whirring Tree Frog (intestines); Rana daemeli (Steindachner, 1868) [RANIDAE] Wood 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 tyleri; Litoria nyakalensis; Litoria rheocola; Taudactylus rheophilus; Mixophyes iteratus; Ranidella parinsignifera; Neobatrachus centralis; Assa darlingtoni; Mixophyes schevilli; Litoria tornieri; Litoria nannotis; Limnodynastes terraereginae; Neobatrachus pelobatoides; Cophixalus ornatus; Sphenophryne robusta; Nyctimystes dayi; Litoria dahlii; Litoria chloris; Litoria rothii; Litoria cyclorhyncha; Litoria fallax; Limnodynastes convexiusculus; Cyclorana brevipes; Litoria gracilenta; Pseudophryne coriacea; Rana daemeli; Litoria dentata; Limnodynastes salmini; Uperoleia laevigata; Cyclorana novaehollandiae; Litoria inermis; Litoria latopalmata; Litoria nigrofrenata; Mixophyes fasciolatus; Adelotus brevis; Limnodynastes dumerilii; Neobatrachus pictus; Limnodynastes tasmaniensis; Pseudophryne bibronii; Ranidella signifera; Limnodynastes ornatus; Litoria nasuta; Litoria rubella; Limnodynastes dorsalis; Limnodynastes peronii; Litoria lesueuri; Litoria ewingii; Litoria peronii; Litoria aurea; Litoria caerulea; Bufo marinus)

Henderson, W.R. 2009. Pathogens in Vertebrate Pests in Australia. Canberra, Australia : Invasive Animnals Cooperative Research Centre 30 pp. (Bufo marinus)

Raff, J.W. 1911. Protozoa parasitic in the large intestine of Australian frogs. Part I. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 23: 586-596 (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis; Limnodynastes dorsalis; Litoria peronii; Litoria aurea)

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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