Physaloptera sp.

Hosts and locality records: Allobates marchesianus (= Colostethus marchesianus) (CU), Ctenophryne geayi Mocquard (CU), Dendropsophus leali (= Hyla leali) (CU), Dendropsophus leucophyllatus (= Hyla leucophyllatus) (CU), Dendropsophus marmoratus (= Hyla marmorata) (CU), Edalorhina perezi (CU), Hamptophryne boliviana (CU), Hypsiboas boans (= Hyla boans) (CU), Hypsiboas faber (= Hyla faber) (RJ), Hypsiboas cinerascens (= Hyla granosa) (CU), Hypsiboas fasciatus (= Hyla fasciata) (CU), Leptodactylus bolivianus (CU), Leptodactylus bufonius (CO), Leptodactylus latrans (= Leptodactylus caliginosis and Leptodactylus ocellatus) (RJ, TO), Leptodactylus leptodactyloides (TO, Cuzco), Leptodactylus lineatus (= Lithodytes lineatus) (CU), Leptodactylus marmoratus (= Adenomera marmorata) (RJ), Leptodactylus mystaceus (RJ, CU), Leptodactylus pentadactylus (CU), Leptodactylus petersii (TO), Leptodactylus rhodonotus (CU), Osteocephalus taurinus (CU), Oreobates cruralis (= Eleutherodactylus curalis) (CU), Phyllomedusa tomopterna (CU), Physalaemus albonotatus (CO), Physalaemus santafecinus (CO), Physalaemus signifer (RJ), Physalaemus soaresi (RJ), Pristimantis fenestratus (= Eleutherodactylus fenestratus) (CU) Proceratophrys appendiculata (RJ), Proceratophrys boiei (RJ), P seudis paradoxa (CU), Rhinella fernandezae (CO), Rhinella granulosa (CO), Rhinella icterica (SP), Rhinella margaritifera (= Bufo typhonius) (CU), Rhinella marina (= Bufo marinus) (AM, PA, CU), Rhinella schneideri (CO), Scinax acuminatus (CO), Scinax icterica (CU), Scinax nasicus (CO), Scinax ruber (CU), Trachycephalus coriaceus (Peters) (= Phrynoyas coriacea) (CU) and Trachycephalus typhonius (Linnaeus) (= Phrynohyas venulosa) (CU)

Distribution: Argentina, Brazil and Peru

Site of infection: stomach

Stage: larvae

Reference: Travassos (1925), Travassos and Freitas (1964), Fabio (1982), Vicente et al. (1991), Bursey et al. (2001), Boquimpani-Freitas et al. (2001), Gonçalves et al. (2002), González and Hamann (2006a; 2006b; 2007a; 2008; 2010a; 2012a), Goldberg et al. (2009), Pinhão et al. (2009), Hamann et al. (2010) and Klaion et al. (2011)