SOME NEMATODE PARASITES OF THE GREEN TOAD BUFO VIRIDIS LAURENTI, 1768 IN BAGHDAD AREA, CENTRAL IRAQ

Abstract

ABSTRACT This work deals with the nematode parasitesfrom the midgut of (16) specimens of Green toad (Bufo viridis) Laurenti, 1768 collected from Baghdad area,central Iraq. The parasites are:Cosmocercoides variabilis (Cosmocercidae) that considered as the first report in Iraq on it and Oswaldocruzia filiformis (Molineidae).