Studies on the Morphology and life cycle of some Helminth Parasites of Amphibians in Kashmir

Abstract

The Thesis deals with the histomorphological studies of three common helminth parasites of anurans in Kashmir and the life cycle of a common nematode parasite of Bufo Viridis Section A deals with the morphology of Haematoloechus almorai Pande 1937 Common lung fluke of Rana Q vanophlyctis in Kashmir Cuticle musculature parenchyma and various systems have been studied A brief review of the taxonomy of the genus Haematoloechus is also given newlineSection B deals with the morphology of Nematotoenia kashmirensis Fotedar 1966 Common cestode parasite of Bufo Viridis in Kashmir Section C deals with the morphology of Cosmocerca fcashmirensis Fotedar 1959 Common nematode parasite of Bufo Viridis in Kashmir Section D deals with the studies on the life cycle of Cosmocerca Kashmirensis newline The effect of temperature moisture and dessication of eggs and larvae longevity of adult parasite and juveniles also have been studied newline