First report of the interaction between the toad Melanophryniscus nigricans and the leech Helobdella cordobensis in the Tandilia Mountains

Autores
Tejedor, Facundo; Trofino-Falasco, Clara; Cortelezzi, Agustina; Gullo, Bettina Sandra; Gárgano, Lucía; Santiago, Manuela; Berkunsky, Igor
Año de publicación
2025
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inglés
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versión publicada
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Melanophryniscus nigricans is an endangered endemic anuran species restricted to the Tandilia Mountains in Argentina. We report for the first time the interaction between this toad species and the leech Helobdella cordobensis. We observed the interaction in a temporary pond at the “Sierra del Tigre” Natural Reserve during a breeding event of M. nigricans on February 7th, 2024. A leech was found attached to the belly of a toad and removed manually with no evidence of injury in the amphibian, suggesting a case of phoresis instead of parasitism. This report is also the first documented phoretic interaction between H. cordobensis and anurans from Argentina.
Asociación Herpetológica Argentina
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Zoología
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Argentina
Endemic species
Phoresis
Temporary pond
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv First report of the interaction between the toad Melanophryniscus nigricans and the leech Helobdella cordobensis in the Tandilia Mountains
title First report of the interaction between the toad Melanophryniscus nigricans and the leech Helobdella cordobensis in the Tandilia Mountains
spellingShingle First report of the interaction between the toad Melanophryniscus nigricans and the leech Helobdella cordobensis in the Tandilia Mountains
Tejedor, Facundo
Zoología
Anuran
Argentina
Endemic species
Phoresis
Temporary pond
title_short First report of the interaction between the toad Melanophryniscus nigricans and the leech Helobdella cordobensis in the Tandilia Mountains
title_full First report of the interaction between the toad Melanophryniscus nigricans and the leech Helobdella cordobensis in the Tandilia Mountains
title_fullStr First report of the interaction between the toad Melanophryniscus nigricans and the leech Helobdella cordobensis in the Tandilia Mountains
title_full_unstemmed First report of the interaction between the toad Melanophryniscus nigricans and the leech Helobdella cordobensis in the Tandilia Mountains
title_sort First report of the interaction between the toad Melanophryniscus nigricans and the leech Helobdella cordobensis in the Tandilia Mountains
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tejedor, Facundo
Trofino-Falasco, Clara
Cortelezzi, Agustina
Gullo, Bettina Sandra
Gárgano, Lucía
Santiago, Manuela
Berkunsky, Igor
author Tejedor, Facundo
author_facet Tejedor, Facundo
Trofino-Falasco, Clara
Cortelezzi, Agustina
Gullo, Bettina Sandra
Gárgano, Lucía
Santiago, Manuela
Berkunsky, Igor
author_role author
author2 Trofino-Falasco, Clara
Cortelezzi, Agustina
Gullo, Bettina Sandra
Gárgano, Lucía
Santiago, Manuela
Berkunsky, Igor
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Zoología
Anuran
Argentina
Endemic species
Phoresis
Temporary pond
topic Zoología
Anuran
Argentina
Endemic species
Phoresis
Temporary pond
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Melanophryniscus nigricans is an endangered endemic anuran species restricted to the Tandilia Mountains in Argentina. We report for the first time the interaction between this toad species and the leech Helobdella cordobensis. We observed the interaction in a temporary pond at the “Sierra del Tigre” Natural Reserve during a breeding event of M. nigricans on February 7th, 2024. A leech was found attached to the belly of a toad and removed manually with no evidence of injury in the amphibian, suggesting a case of phoresis instead of parasitism. This report is also the first documented phoretic interaction between H. cordobensis and anurans from Argentina.
Asociación Herpetológica Argentina
description Melanophryniscus nigricans is an endangered endemic anuran species restricted to the Tandilia Mountains in Argentina. We report for the first time the interaction between this toad species and the leech Helobdella cordobensis. We observed the interaction in a temporary pond at the “Sierra del Tigre” Natural Reserve during a breeding event of M. nigricans on February 7th, 2024. A leech was found attached to the belly of a toad and removed manually with no evidence of injury in the amphibian, suggesting a case of phoresis instead of parasitism. This report is also the first documented phoretic interaction between H. cordobensis and anurans from Argentina.
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