Flesh fly myiasis (Diptera, Sarcophagidae) in Peruvian poison frogs genus Epipedobates (Anura, Dendrobatidae)

In this note we review records of myiasis in poison frogs collected in various locations in Peru during 1982-2005 and present evidence that larger and medium-sized poison frogs (Epipedobates) are infected with sarcophagid fly larvae.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mattias Hagman, Thomas Pape, Rainer Schulte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2005-10-01
Series:Phyllomedusa: Journal of Herpetology
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Online Access:http://www.phyllomedusa.esalq.usp.br/articles/volume4/number1/416973.pdf