Cosmocerca podicipinus Baker & Vaucher, 1984

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Cosmocerca podicipinus Baker & Vaucher, 1984

Hosts (prevalence; range): P. platensis (1/38; 1), L. chaquensis (3/143; 3–6), and L. podicipinus (84/225; 1–17).

Site of infection: lungs and intestines.

Stage: adult.

Type host and type locality: L. podicipinus, Capitan Bado , Amambay, Paraguay .

Comments: this nematode is widely distributed across South America and it can be found in several anuran species (see Campi„o et al. 2014; Campi„ o et al. 2016; Graça et al. 2017). We observed the main characters of males of C. podicipinus , such as five pairs of preanal plectanes fused in the row with rosette papillae, adanal region with large subventral rosette papillae and a large unpaired papilla on the anterior lip of anus ( Baker & Vaucher 1984; González & Hamann 2011).