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188 COMPARATIVE PARASITOLOGY, 68(2), JULY 2001 wehrlei individuals (Table 2). Mean intensities (±1 SD) were 3.4 (±1.9) and 4.0 (±4.0) for P. punctatus and P. wehrlei, respectively. Of the 61 B. magnavulvaris individuals collected, only 2 (both in P. wehrlei) were males. Discussion Prevalences of 60% and 23% for C. michiganensis in P. punctatus and P. wehrlei from West Virginia fall within ranges cited by previous investigators for this species (Table 1). Finding C. michiganensis species throughout the intestinal tract, with heavy aggregations in the duodenum, is consistent with the observations of Winter et al. (1986), who noted that C. michiganensis could be found throughout the intestine of Plethodon ouachitae Dunn and Heinze, 1933, but was concentrated in the anterior third of this organ. There was a single case of C. michiganensis infection in the gallbladder of P. punctatus, but ciliates were not attached to the epithelium of the gall bladder. Winter et al. (1986) also reported C. michiganensis from the gall bladder of P. ouachitae, adding that the ciliates were not attached to the epithelium. Three other reports mentioned occurrence of this ciliate in the host's gall bladder: Muzzall (1990) for Plethodon cinereus (Green, 1818); McAllister et al. (1993) for Plethodon albagula Grobman, 1944; and Muzzall et al. (1997) for Eurycea bislineata (Green, 1818) and P. cinereus. Previous reports of amphibian hosts harboring species of C. michiganensis are summarized in Table 1. Prevalences of 52% and 31% recorded in the present study for B. magnavulvaris in P. punctatus and P. wehrlei, respectively, are not unusual. This nematode species exhibits little host specificity and is found in widely varying prevalences (McAllister et al., 1995), an observation supported by the findings of other investigators summarized in Table 2. McAllister et al. (1995) also reported that prevalence for B. magnavulvaris in Desmognathus brimleyorum Stejneger, 1895 varies seasonally, being highest (34%) in mid-March versus only 17% for late May. While we had relatively few salamanders in our sample, all B. magnavulvaris individuals were collected from 13 of 21 P. punctatus in June and July. Similarly, 4 of the 9 P. wehrlei examined in May through July were infected. None of the 8 plethodontids (4 P. punctatus and 4 P. wehrlei) sampled in August were infected, suggesting that the variations in prevalence by season noted Copyright © 2011, The Helminthological Society of Washington by McAllister et al. (1995) may be a normal pattern. Mean intensities of infection at 3.4 and 4.0 for P. punctatus and P. wehrlei, respectively, were relatively high compared with previous reports (Table 2). Only 2 B. magnavulvaris individuals collected in the present study were males. This heavily female-biased sex ratio for B. magnavulvaris is similar to the observations of previous investigators (Dyer et al., 1980; Muzzall, 1990; Joy et al., 1993; McAllister et al., 1995). Acknowledgments We are grateful to William Tolin, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, for granting the requisite collection permit for P. punctatus, and to Thomas Pauley for reviewing this manuscript. Literature Cited Buhlmann, K. A., C. A. Pague, J. C. Mitchell, and R. B. Glascow. 1988. Forestry operations and terrestrial salamanders: techniques in a study of the Cow Knob salamander, Plethodon punctatus. Pages 38-44 in R. C. Szaro, K. E. Severson, and D. R. Patton, eds. Management of Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals in North America. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S.A. Technical Report RM-166. Bursey, C. R., and D. R. Schibli. 1995. A comparison of the helminth fauna of two Plethodon cinereus populations. Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington 62:232-236. Conant, R., and J. T. Collins. 1991. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 450 pp. Dunbar, J. R., and J. D. Moore. 1979. Correlations of host specificity with host habitat in helminths parasitizing the plethodontids of Washington County, Tennessee. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 54:106-109. Dyer, W. G. 1991. Helminth parasites of amphibians from Illinois and adjacent midwestern states. Transactions of the Illinois State Academy of Science 84:1-19. , R. A. Brandon, and R. L. Price. 1980. Gas trointestinal helminths in relation to sex and age of Desmognathus fuxcus (Green, 1818) from Illinois. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 47:95-99. -, and S. B. Peck. 1975. Gastrointestinal parasites of the cave salamander, Eurycea lucifuga Rafinesque, from the southeastern United States. Canadian Journal of Zoology 53:52-54. Ernst, E. M. 1974. The parasites of the red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society 10:108-1 14. Fischthal, J. H. 1955. Ecology of worm parasites in
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