Mesocoelium monas (Rudolphi)

Paredes-León, Ricardo, García-Prieto, Luis, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, León-Règagnon, Virginia & Pérez, Tila M., 2008, Metazoan parasites of Mexican amphibians and reptiles, Zootaxa 1904, pp. 1-166 : 8

Mesocoelium monas (Rudolphi)

Amphibia (A): Intestine.

OAXACA: Presa de Temascal: Rhinella marina ( Espinoza-Jiménez et al., 2007) . VERACRUZ: Lago de Catemaco: Rhinella marina (CNHE; Goldberg et al., 2002b); Laguna El Zacatal: Rhinella marina (Lamothe- Argumedo et al., 1993); Estación de Biología Los Tuxtlas: Rhinella marina , Smilisca baudini (Guillén- Hernández et al., 2000), Smilisca cyanosticta ( Goldberg et al., 2002b) .

Specimens deposited: BM(NH) (1994.6.21.3), CNHE (1528-1530)

Squamata (A): Intestine.

OAXACA: Cuicatlán: Plestiodon sp. ( Zerecero, 1950, 1951). TABASCO: Río Teapa: Ameiva undulata , Drymobius margaritiferus , Leptophis mexicanus , Mabuya unimarginata , Ninia sebae ( Thatcher, 1964) .

Notes: A portion of the specimens collected in Oaxaca were identified as Mesocoelium leiperi ( Zerecero, 1950) ; remaining material ( Zerecero, 1951) and the specimens from Tabasco ( Thatcher, 1964), were determined as Mesocoelium travassosi . Both species are considered synonyms of Mesocoelim monas ( Teixeira de Freitas, 1963) .