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The research aims to identify helminth species found in Sclerophrys arabica and expand the understanding of amphibian helminth fauna in Yemen.

June 4, 20260 citationsOpen Access

Helminth Fauna of the Arabian Toad Sclerophrys arabica (Heyden, 1827) (Amphibia: Bufonidae) Collected in Sanaa, Yemen

HYHikmet Sami Yıldırımhan AHAli Adan Hassan AAAbbas Mohammed Ahmed Al-Azab

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The research aims to identify helminth species found in Sclerophrys arabica and expand the understanding of amphibian helminth fauna in Yemen.
Specimens of Sclerophrys arabica collected in Sanaa, Yemen were helminthologically examined in a laboratory setting.
Three helminth species including one cestode and two nematodes were identified.
Aplectana brumpti is recorded for the first time in Sclerophrys arabica.
Oswaldocruzia arabica and Aplectana brumpti are the first records for Yemen.
Total of three helminth species identified, expanding knowledge on amphibian helminth fauna.

Abstract

In February 2025, seventeen (10 ♀♀,7 ♂♂) specimens of the Arabian toad Sclerophrys arabica(Heyden, 1827) collected in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, were elminthologicallyexamined in the Biology Department Laboratory of the Sanaa University. Threehelminth species were identified: the cestode species Nematotaenia dispar(Goeze, 1782) and the nematode species Oswaldocruzia arabica Durette-Desset, Nasherand Ben Slimane, 1992 and Aplectana brumpti Travassos, 1931. Among the helminthspecies found, A. brumpti is the first record for S. arabica, and O. arabicaand A. brumpti are the first geographical records for Yemen. These findingsexpand the knowledge on the helminth fauna of S. arabica and contribute toknowledge of amphibian helminth fauna in the region.

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