Helminths from three common species of African Toads (Anura, Bufonidae, Sclerophrys) Author Goldberg, Stephen R. Department of Biology, Whittier College, Whittier, California 90608, USA sgoldberg@whittier.edu Author Bursey, Charles R. Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, Shenango Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146, USA Author Kusamba, Chifundera Laboratoire d’Hérpétologie, Département de Biologie, Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles, Lwiro, Democratic Republic of the Congo Author Mali, Franck M. Department of Ecology and Biodiversity of Earth Resources, Centre de Surveillance de la Biodiversité de l’Université de Kisangani, Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo Author Greenbaum, Eli Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas 79968, USA text Alytes 2021 2021-07-21 38 1 - 4 49 57 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.16896326 1533ebdd-52fb-4ef9-af55-751827f38eb2 2999-9162 16896326 7FE4244E-286A-4E80-96B8-B8D15DC7C7AF

Table 1. Number of helminths (n), Prevalence (%), Mean intensity (X) ± standard deviation (SD) and Range in parentheses for helminths in bufonids from Africa: Sclerophrys gutturalis (n = 15), Sclerophrys pusilla (n = 15) and Sclerophrys regularis (n = 12). * = new host.

	Sclerophrys gutturalis	Sclerophrys pusilla	Sclerophrys regularis
	n (%) X ± SD Range	n (%) X ± SD Range	n (%) X ± SD Range
NEMATODA
Aplectana macintoshii	-	80* (43 %) 13.3 ± 12.7 (1–34)	-
Aplectana praeputialis	6* (21 %) 2.0 ± 1.7 (1–4)	16* (21 %) 4.0 ± 2.2 (1–6)	15 (14 %) 5.3 ± 5.4 (1–13)
Chabaudus leberrei			1 (1 %) - -
Cosmocerca ornata	-	-	8 (25 %) 2.0 ± 0.82 (1–3)
Neofoleyellides boerewors	-	-	2* (14 %)
Orneoascaris chrysanthemoides	29* 14 14.5 ± 13.4 (5–24)	-	120 (75 %) 13.3 ± 16.8 (2–55)
Rhabdias bufonis	-	3* (7 %)	-
Meteterakis sp.	1* (7 %)
CESTODA
Cylindrotaenia jaegerskioeldi	-	6* (21 %) 2.0 ± 1.7 (1–4)	-