A noteworthy infection of Clinostomum complanatum (Digenea: Clinostomidae) in a cave salamander, Eurycea lucifuga (Caudata: Plethodontidae), from northcentral Tennessee.(GENERAL NOTES)(Report)

The cave salamander, Eurycea lucifuga inhabits karst areas of the Central Highlands of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma east through the Appalachians of Kentucky and Tennessee to Virginia and West Virginia (Conant & Collins 1998). It prefers the twilight zone of caves and occasionally is found near springs and seepage areas in riparian habitat. This salamander has been the subject of several parasite surveys, including those of Dyer & Brandon (1973) in southern Illinois, Dyer & Peck (1975) in Alabama and Tennessee, Castle et al. (1987) in western Kentucky, and McAllister et al. (2001) and McAllister & Bursey (2004) in northcentral Arkansas. Herein is presented new host ...

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