Infectious Agents of Reptiles and Amphibians: Peer-Reviewed Publications, July–December 2023

Reptiles

Abouelkhair MA, Roozitalab A, Elsakhawy OK. 2023. Molecular characterization of a reptarenavirus detected in a Colombian red-tailed boa (Boa constrictor imperator). Virol J, 20(1):265.

Baggio F, Hetzel U, Prähauser B, Dervas E, Michalopoulou E, Thiele T, Kipar A, Hepojoki J. 2023. A multiplex RT-PCR method for the detection of reptarenavirus infection. Viruses, 15(12):2313.

Boon MA, Iredale ME, Tillis SB, Ossiboff RJ. 2023. Ophidian serpentoviruses: a review and perspective. J Herpetol Med Surg, 33(4):205–216.

Coyne M, Struthers JS, Kiupel M. 2023. Concurrent diffuse B-cell lymphoma and paraganglioma in a red-tailed boa (Boa constrictor constrictor) with inclusion body disease. J Herpetol Med Surg, 33(4):229–235.

Flies AS, Flies EJ, Fountain-Jones NM, Musgrove RE, Hamede RK, Philips A, Perrott MRF, Dunowska M. 2023. Wildlife nidoviruses: biology, epidemiology, and disease associations of selected nidoviruses of mammals and reptiles. mBio, 14(4):e0071523.

Forni D, Pozzoli U, Cagliani R, Clerici M, Sironi M. 2023. Dinucleotide biases in RNA viruses that infect vertebrates or invertebrates. Microbiol Spectr, 11(6):e0252923.

Goodman RM, Carman HR, Mahaffy RP, Cabrera NS. 2023. Trace amounts of ranavirus detected in common musk turtles (Sternotherus odoratus) at a site where the pathogen was previously common. Animals, 13(18):2951.

Kinsella CM, van der Hoek L. 2023. Vertebrate-tropism of a cressdnavirus lineage implicated by poxvirus gene capture. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 120(20):e2303844120.

Kononova Y, Adamenko L, Kazachkova E, Solomatina M, Romanenko S, Proskuryakova A, Utkin Y, Gulyaeva M, Spirina A, Kazachinskaia E, Palyanova N, Mishchenko O, Chepurnov A, Shestopalov A. 2023. Features of SARS-CoV-2 replication in various types of reptilian and fish cell cultures. Viruses, 15(12).

Kuhn JH, Dheilly NM, Junglen S, Paraskevopoulou S, Shi M, Di Paola N. 2023. ICTV virus taxonomy profile: Jingchuvirales 2023. J Gen Virol, 104(12):001924.

Kuhn JH, Kurath G, Wolf YI, Hyndman TH. 2023. ICTV virus taxonomy profile: Sunviridae 2023. J Gen Virol, 104(10):001896.

Kuhn JH, Schmaljohn CS. 2023. A brief history of bunyaviral family Hantaviridae. Diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 11(1):38.

Laovechprasit W, Young KT, Stacy BA, Tillis SB, Ossiboff RJ, Vann JA, Subramaniam K, Agnew DW, Howerth EW, Zhang J, Whitaker S, Walker A, Orgill AM, Howell LN, Shaver DJ, Donnelly K, Foley AM, Stanton JB. 2023. Piscichuvirus-associated severe meningoencephalomyelitis in aquatic turtles, United States, 2009–2021. Emerg Infect Dis, 30(2):280–288.

Logan SR, Seegobin M, Emery RJN, Brunetti CR. 2023. Components of the nucleotide salvage pathway increase frog virus 3 (FV3) replication. Viruses, 15(8):1716.

Molteni C, Forni D, Cagliani R, Bravo IG, Sironi M. 2023. Evolution and diversity of nucleotide and dinucleotide composition in poxviruses. J Gen Virol, 104(10). doi:10.1099/jgv.0.001897.

Pees M, Möller A, Schmidt V, Schroedl W, Marschang RE. 2023. The role of host species in experimental ferlavirus infection: comparison of a single strain in ball pythons (Python regius) and corn snakes (Pantherophis guttatus). Animals, 13(17):2714.

Radoshitzky SR, Buchmeier MJ, Charrel RN, Gonzalez J-PJ, Günther S, Hepojoki J, Kuhn JH, Lukashevich IS, Romanowski V, Salvato MS, Sironi M, Stenglein MD, La Torre JCd. 2023. ICTV virus taxonomy profile: Arenaviridae 2023. J Gen Virol, 104(9):001891.

Weldon PV, Georoff TA, Hall N, Ossiboff RJ, Childress AL, Wellehan JFX. 2023. A novel herpesvirus from a wild-caught Madagascar spider tortoise shows evidence of host–viral coevolution with a duplication event in Durocryptodira. J Vet Diagn Invest, 35(5):554–558.

Wolf YI, Krupovic M, Kuhn JH, Koonin EV. 2023. ICTV virus taxonomy profile: Tosoviridae 2023. J Gen Virol, 104(10):001908.

Amphibians

Atkinson MS, Savage AE. 2023. Widespread amphibian Perkinsea infections associated with Ranidae hosts, cooler months and ranavirus co-infection. J Anim Ecol, 92(9):1856–1868.

Bates KA, Friesen J, Loyau A, Butler H, Vredenburg VT, Laufer J, Chatzinotas A, Schmeller DS. Environmental and anthropogenic factors shape the skin bacterial communities of a semi-arid amphibian species. Microb Ecol, 86(2):1393–1404.

Chai N. 2023. Amphibian dermatology. Vet Clin North Am Exot Anim Pract, 26(2):425–442.

Douglas AJ, Katzenback BA. 2023. The wood frog (Rana sylvatica): an emerging comparative model for anuran immunity and host–ranavirus interactions. Dev Comp Immunol, 147:104733.

Herath J, Sun D, Ellepola G, Subramaniam K, Meegaskumbura M. 2023. Emerging threat of ranavirus: prevalence, genetic diversity, and climatic drivers of Ranavirus (Iridoviridae) in ectothermic vertebrates of Asia. Front Vet Sci, 10:1291872.

Hughey MC, Warne R, Dulmage A, Reeve RE, Curtis GH, Whitfield K, Schock DM, Crespi E. 2023. Diet- and salinity-induced modifications of the gut microbiota are associated with differential physiological responses to ranavirus infection in Rana sylvatica. Philos Trans R Soc London B Biol Sci, 378(1882):20220121.

Jiang Q, Meng X, Yu X, Zhang Q, Ke F. 2023. Fusing a TurboID tag with the Andrias davidianus ranavirus 2L reduced virus adsorption efficiency. Microb Pathog, 182:106220.

Li Y, Xue M, Dai Y, Xie Y, Wei Y, Wang C, Tian M, Fan Y, Jiang N, Xu C, Liu W, Meng Y, Zhou Y. 2023. Chinese giant salamander Bcl-w: an inhibitory role in iridovirus-induced mitochondrial apoptosis and virus replication. Virus Res, 335:199196.

Logan SR, Seegobin M, Emery RJN, Brunetti CR. 2023. Components of the nucleotide salvage pathway increase frog virus 3 (FV3) replication. Viruses, 15(8):1716.

Mechkarska M, Barran G, Kolodziejek J, Coquet L, Leprince J, Jouenne T, Nowotny N, Conlon JM. 2023. Peptidomic analysis of the host-defense peptides in skin secretions of the Amazon River frog Lithobates palmipes (Ranidae). Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics, 46:101069.

Parry RH, Slonchak A, Campbell LJ, Newton ND, Debat HJ, Gifford RJ, Khromykh AA. 2023. A novel tamanavirus (Flaviviridae) of the European common frog (Rana temporaria) from the UK. J Gen Virol, 104(12):001927.

Steel R, Hamed M, Haugom JT, Ho T, Kenner N, Malfavon-Borja J, Morgans S, Salek SA, Seylani A, Jancovich JK. 2023. Age- and dose-dependent susceptibility of axolotls (Ambystoma mexicanum) by bath exposure to Ambystoma tigrinum virus (ATV). Virology, 588:109909.

Thumsová B, Alarcos G, Ayres C, Rosa GM, Bosch J. 2023. Relationship between two pathogens in an amphibian community that experienced mass mortalities. Conserv Biol:e14196.

Wright M, Oleson L, Witty R, Fritz KA, Kirschman LJ. 2023. Infection causes trade-offs between development and growth in larval amphibians. Physiol Biochem Zool, 96(6):430–437.

Reptiles and Amphibians

Bernar B, Gande N, Bernar A, Müller T, Schönlaub J. 2023. Case report: Non-typhoidal Salmonella infections transmitted by reptiles and amphibians. Front Pediatr, 23(11):1278910.

Reptiles

Bauschlicher SN, Weitzman CL, Martinez V, Tracy CR, Alvarez-Ponce D, Sandmeier FC. 2023. Assessing spatial distribution, genetic variants, and virulence of pathogen Mycoplasma agassizii in threatened Mojave desert tortoises. Ecol Evol, 13(6):e10173.

Calle PP, McClave C, Ingerman K, Nightingale BR, Jamieson J, Seimon TA, Harding L. 2023. Helicobacter screening of Grand Cayman blue iguana (Cyclura lewisi) and North Antillean slider (Trachemys decussata angusta) on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. J Zoo Wildl Med, 54(2):332–335.

Capri FC, Prazzi E, Casamento G, Gambino D, Cassata G, Alduina R. 2023. Correlation between microbial community and hatching failure in loggerhead sea turtle Caretta caretta. Microb Ecol, 86(3):1923–1933.

Correro-Almagro A, Sánchez-Códez MI, Fernández-Puentes V, Peromingo-Matute E. 2023. Invasive salmonellosis in two infants in our environment: the importance of contact with domestic reptiles. Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin (Engl Ed), 41(6):378–379.

Dégi J, Herman V, Radulov I, Morariu F, Florea T, Imre K. 2023. Surveys on pet-reptile–associated multi-drug-resistant Salmonella spp. in the Timișoara metropolitan region–Western Romania. Antibiotics (Basel), 12(7):1203.

Fieldsend TW, Catenazzi A, Krysko KL, Shepack A, Collins TM. 2023. Salmonella enterica infection of synanthropic non-native geckos in Southern Florida. Ecohealth, 20(3):227–230.

Galgano M, Mrenoshki D, Pellegrini F, Capozzi L, Cordisco M, Del Sambro L, Trotta A, Camero M, Tempesta M, Buonavoglia D, Laricchiuta P, Catella C, Pratelli A, Buonavoglia A, Corrente M. 2023. Antibacterial and biofilm production inhibition activity of Thymus vulgaris L. essential oil against Salmonella spp. isolates from reptiles. Pathogens, 12(6):804.

Ge L, Yu Y, Wen X, Xiao H, Liu K, Liu Z, Liu S, Li Q, Wang X, Deng Z, Hu Y. 2023. Effects of dietary sodium butyrate on growth performance, immune function, and intestinal microflora of Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis). Front Cell Infect Microbiol, 13:1271912.

Gofton AW, Popa-Baez A, Takano A, Soennichsen K, Michie M, Short M, Supriyono S, Pascoe J, Cusbert S, Mulley R. 2023. Characterisation and comparative genomics of three new Varanus-associated Borrelia spp. from Indonesia and Australia. Parasit Vectors, 16(1):317.

Hoffbeck C, Middleton DMRL, Nelson NJ, Taylor MW. 2023. 16S rRNA gene-based meta-analysis of the reptile gut microbiota reveals environmental effects, host influences and a limited core microbiota. Mol Ecol, 32(22):6044–6058.

Jacobson ER, Berry KH, Brooks DE, Roberts JF. 2023. Bilateral palpebral reduction and concurrent mycoplasmosis in a wild Agassiz's desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii). Vet Ophthalmol, 26(4):361–366.

Jorge VF, Uriel AZ, Nidia LS, Hector FV, Paul LC, Jorge VR, Ingmar SC, Alan ZN, Alonso AA, Vicente OA, Adrian CR. 2023. Potentially pathogenic bacteria in nesting olive Ridley turtles in Northwestern Mexico. Ecohealth, 20(4):390–401.

Li R, Ling B, Zeng J, Wang X, Yang N, Fan L, Guo G, Li X, Yan F, Zheng J. 2023. A nosocomial Pseudomonas aeruginosa ST3495 isolated from a wild Burmese python (Python bivittatus) with suppurative pneumonia and bacteremia in Hainan, China. Braz J Microbiol, 54(3):2403–2412.

Lin Z, He M, Zhong C, Li Y, Tang S, Kang X, Wu Z. 2023. Responses of gut microbiota in crocodile lizards (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) to changes in temperature. Front Microbiol, 14:1263917.

Luo M, Feng G, Chen M, Ke H. 2023. Probiotics and immunostimulant modulate intestinal flora diversity in Reeves' turtle (Mauremys reevesii) and effects of Clostridium butyricum on its spleen transcriptome. Fish Shellfish Immunol, 139:108908.

Mah J, Walding K, Liang B, Rinsky L, Mathew R, Budvytiene I, Banaei N. 2023. Mycobacterium marinum infection after iguana bite in Costa Rica. Emerg Infect Dis, 29(6):1278–1280.

Mendonça MA, Fonseca MS, Piedade GC, Rodamilans GM, Marques FS, Ayres MCC, Viana LA, Meira-Santos PO, Meyer R, Portela RD. 2023. Detection of hemopathogens in Chelonoidis carbonaria: Microscopic, molecular, hematological, and clinical biochemistry aspects. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis, 23(10):520–527.

Mendoza-Roldan JA, Noll Louzada-Flores V, Lekouch N, Khouchfi I, Annoscia G, Zatelli A, Beugnet F, Walochnik J, Otranto D. 2023. Snakes and souks: zoonotic pathogens associated to reptiles in the Marrakech markets, Morocco. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 17(7):e0011431.

Nemechek K, Stapleton GS, Waltenburg MA, Low MSF, Gollarza L, Adams J, Peralta V, Lopez K, Morrison A, Schnitzler H, Kline KE, McGinnis S, Nichols M. 2023. Multistate outbreak of turtle-associated salmonellosis highlights ongoing challenges with the illegal sale and distribution of small turtles. Zoonoses Public Health, 70(8):684–691.

Pees M, Brockmann M, Steiner N, Marschang RE. 2023. Salmonella in reptiles: a review of occurrence, interactions, shedding and risk factors for human infections. Front Cell Dev Biol, 11:1251036.

Saaiman E, Buys C, Theart F. 2023. Namibian spitting cobra, Naja nigricincta nigricincta (Zebra snake): antibiotic profile of bacteria cultured from the oral pharynx, venom and snakebite wounds. S Afr Med J, 113(7):22–28.

Santana-Hernández KM, Rodríguez-Ponce E, Medina IR, Acosta-Hernández B, Priestnall SL, Vega S, Marin C, Cerdà-Cuéllar M, Marco-Fuertes A, Ayats T, García Beltrán T, Lupiola-Gómez PA. 2023. One Health approach: Invasive California kingsnake (Lampropeltis californiae) as an important source of antimicrobial drug-resistant Salmonella clones on Gran Canaria Island. Animals (Basel), 13(11):1790.

Siddiqui R, Maciver SK, Anuar TS, Khan NA. 2023. Bacterial flora varies throughout the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) gastrointestinal tract. Am J Vet Res, 84(8):ajvr.23.03.0061.

Stark AM, Nohrenberg M, Draper AD, McMahon KE, Hewitt TA, Lomas K, Krause VL. 2023. A cluster of leptospirosis cases associated with crocodile workers in the Northern Territory, Australia, 2022. Commun Dis Intell (2018), 47:1–14.

Szymańska-Czerwińska M, Zaręba-Marchewka K, Niemczuk K. 2023. New insight on Chlamydiae. J Vet Res, 67(4):559–565.

Tanpradit N, Thongdee M, Sariya L, Paungpin W, Chaiwattanarungruengpaisan S, Sirimanapong W, Kasantikul T, Phonarknguen R, Punchukrang A, Lekcharoen P, Arya N. 2023. Epidemiology of Chlamydia sp. infection in farmed Siamese crocodiles (Crocodylus siamensis) in Thailand. Acta Vet Scand, 65(1):50.

Tukmechi A, Ownagh A, Enferadi A, Khademi P. 2023. First molecular detection of Francisella tularensis in turtle (Testudo graeca) and ticks (Hyalomma aegyptium) in Northwest of Iran. Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, 23:100892.

White A, Giannetto M, Mulla L, Del Rosario A, Lim T, Culver E, Timmer M, Bushell J, Lambert MR, Hernández-Gómez O. 2023. Bacterial communities of the threatened western pond turtle may be impacted by land use. FEMS Microbiol Ecol, 99(12):fiad143.

Xiao Z, Cheng M, Hu X, Xue M, Jiang N, Liu W, Fan Y, Meng Y, Xu C, Zhou Y. 2023. Pathological changes of highly pathogenic Bacillus cereus on Pelodiscus sinensis. Vet Q, 43(1):1–10.

Yang S, Feng L, Zhang J, Yan C, Zhang C, Huang Y, Li M, Luo W, Huang X, Wu J, Du X, Li Y. 2023. Effect of purslane (Portulaca oleracea L.) on intestinal morphology, digestion activity and microbiome of Chinese pond turtle (Mauremys reevesii) during Aeromonas hydrophila infection. Int J Mol Sci, 24(12):10260.

Amphibians

Bates KA, Friesen J, Loyau A, Butler H, Vredenburg VT, Laufer J, Chatzinotas A, Schmeller DS. 2023. Environmental and anthropogenic factors shape the skin bacterial communities of a semi-arid amphibian species. Microb Ecol, 86(2):1393–1404.

Brunetti AE, Lyra ML, Monteiro JPC, Zurano JP, Baldo D, Haddad CFB, Moeller AH. 2023. Convergence of gut microbiota in myrmecophagous amphibians. Proc Biol Sci, 290(2011):20232223.

Burgess WL, Bishop CD. 2023. Bacterial diversity in egg capsular fluid of the spotted salamander Ambystoma maculatum decreases with embryonic development. Microb Ecol, 86(3):1789–1798.

Campos PM, Lucid MK, Ehlers S, Walke JB. 2023. Low-level pathogen infection and geographic location correlate with the skin microbiomes of Columbia spotted frogs (Rana luteiventris) in a montane landscape. Curr Res Microb Sci, 6:100213.

Cao H, Shi Y, Wang J, Niu Z, Wei L, Tian H, Yu F, Gao L. 2023. The intestinal microbiota and metabolic profiles of Strauchbufo raddei underwent adaptive changes during hibernation. Integr Zool. 2023 Jul 10.

Çil E. 2023. Culturable bacterial flora of juveniles of Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771) and influence of abiotic factors on diversity. Folia Microbiol (Praha), 68(6):939–949.

Fieschi-Méric L, van Leeuwen P, Denoël M, Lesbarrères D. 2023. Encouraging news for in situ conservation: translocation of salamander larvae has limited impacts on their skin microbiota. Mol Ecol, 32(12):3276–3289.

Figueiredo AC, Christie Monteiro Titon S, Lima AS, Floreste FR, Neto PGG, Gomes FR. 2023. Contaminated meal intake (Aeromonas hydrophila) does not elicit hormonal or immune modulation in bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus). J Exp Zool A Ecol Integr Physiol, 339(7):684–692.

Gajewski Z, Johnson LR, Medina D, Crainer WW, Nagy CM, Belden LK. 2023. Skin bacterial community differences among three species of co-occurring ranid frogs. PeerJ, 11:e15556.

Hartmann AM, McGrath-Blaser SE, Colón-Piñeiro Z, Longo AV. 2023. Ontogeny drives shifts in skin bacterial communities in facultatively paedomorphic salamanders. Microbiology (Reading), 169(10):001399.

Hill AJ, Grisnik M, Walker DM. 2023. Bacterial skin assemblages of sympatric salamanders are primarily shaped by host genus. Microb Ecol, 86(2):1364–1373.

Huang M, Yin J, Dai F, Cao S, Duan R, Huang W, Zhang Y. 2023. Influences of continuous and pulse atrazine exposure on intestinal flora and metabolites of Pelophylax nigromaculatus tadpoles. Sci Total Environ, 901:165757.

Ienes-Lima J, Prichula J, Abadie M, Borges-Martins M, Frazzon APG. 2023. Anthropic impact on the critically endangered Melanophryniscus admirabilis (admirable redbelly toad): Evidence from the presence of multiresistant Enterobacteriaceae. Curr Microbiol, 80(11):339.

Kouete MT, Bletz MC, LaBumbard BC, Woodhams DC, Blackburn DC. 2023. Parental care contributes to vertical transmission of microbes in a skin-feeding and direct-developing caecilian. Anim Microbiome, 5(1):28.

Leonhardt F, Keller A, Arranz Aveces C, Ernst R. 2023. From alien species to alien communities: host- and habitat-associated microbiomes in an alien amphibian. Microb Ecol; 86(4):2373–2385.

Li F, Chen B, Xu M, Feng Y, Deng Y, Huang X, Geng Y, Ouyang P, Chen D. 2023. Immune activation and inflammatory response mediated by the NOD/toll-like receptor signaling pathway—the potential mechanism of bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeiana) meningitis caused by Elizabethkingia miricola. Int J Mol Sci, 24(19):14554.

Li S, Wang X, Lu Y, Wang J, Yu D, Zhou Z, Wei J, Liu L, Liu J, Liu F, Su Y, Xu H. 2023. Co-infections of Klebsiella pneumoniae and Elizabethkingia miricola in black-spotted frogs (Pelophylax nigromaculatus). Microb Pathog, 180:106150.

Liu F, Hou J, Yu F, Gu Z, Hu R. 2023. Identification and pathogenicity of multidrug-resistant Elizabethkingia miricola isolated from farmed American bullfrogs Rana catesbeiana in China with in vitro screening of herbal antimicrobial agents. J Aquat Anim Health, 35(2):117–127.

Niu Y, Li X, Zhang H, Xu T, Wei D, An Z, Storey KB. 2023. Hepatic transcriptome and gut microbiome provide insights into freeze tolerance in the high-altitude frog, Nanorana parkeri. Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics, 48:101147.

Park JK, Park WB, Do Y. 2023. Tadpole growth rates and gut bacterial community: Dominance of developmental stages over temperature variations. PLoS One, 18(10):e0292521.

Ramírez-Barahona S, González-Serrano FM, Martínez-Ugalde E, Soto-Pozos A, Parra-Olea G, Rebollar EA. 2023. Host phylogeny and environment shape the diversity of salamander skin bacterial communities. Anim Microbiome, 5(1):52.

Robak MJ, Saenz V, de Cortie E, Richards-Zawacki CL. 2023. Effects of temperature on the interaction between amphibian skin bacteria and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Front Microbiol, 14:1253482.

Ruiz VL, Robert J. 2023. The amphibian immune system. Philos Trans R Soc London Ser B Biol Sci, 378(1882):20220123.

Song X, Zhai Y, Song J, Zhang J, Li X. 2023. The structural discrepancy between the small and large gut microbiota of Asiatic toad (Bufo gargarizans) during hibernation. Folia Microbiol (Praha), 68(4):537–546.

Tsai MA, See MS, Chiu CH, Wang PC, Chen SC. 2023. Genotypic and phenotypic analysis of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica in bullfrog Rana catesbeiana isolated in Taiwan. J Fish Dis, 46(11):1239–1248.

Ujszegi J, Boros Z, Fodor A, Vajna B, Hettyey A. 2023. Metabolites of Xenorhabdus bacteria are potent candidates for mitigating amphibian chytridiomycosis. AMB Express, 13(1):88.

Villatoro-Castañeda M, Forsburg ZR, Ortiz W, Fritts SR, Gabor CR, Carlos-Shanley C. 2023. Exposure to Roundup and antibiotics alters gut microbial communities, growth, and behavior in Rana berlandieri tadpoles. Biology (Basel), 12(9):1171.

Wang B, Shao J, Qu L, Xu Q, Zheng D. 2023. The sequencing of the key genes and end products in the TLR4 signaling pathway from the kidney of Rana dybowskii exposed to Aeromonas hydrophila. Open Life Sci, 18(1):20220704.

Wang J, Cao H, Shi Y, Tian H, Yu F, Liu M, Gao L. 2023. Exposure to nitrate induced growth, intestinal histology and microbiota alterations of Bufo raddei Strauch tadpoles. Aquat Toxicol, 258:106477.

Wax N, Walke JB, Haak DC, Belden LK. 2023. Comparative genomics of bacteria from amphibian skin associated with inhibition of an amphibian fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. PeerJ, 11:e15714.

Reptiles

Durante K, Sheldon JD, Adamovicz L, Roady P, Keller KA. 2023. Systemic Nannizziopsis arthrosporioides in an African side-neck turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa). J Herpetol Med Surg, 33(4):223–228.

Fonseca MS, Deegan KR, Tomé LM, Mendonça MA, Sokolonski AR, Gondim LQ, Azevedo V, Meyer R, Tasic L, Góes-Neto A, Portela RW. 2023. First description of Candida haemulonii infecting a snake Boa constrictor: molecular, pathological and antifungal sensitivity characteristics. Microb Pathog, 180:106164.

Haynes E, Lorch J, Allender MC. 2023. Development and application of a qPCR-based genotyping assay for Ophidiomyces ophidiicola to investigate the epidemiology of ophidiomycosis. PLoS One, 18(8):e0289159.

Hoyer LL, Hogan EK, Adamovicz L, Allender MC, Terio KA, Hernandez AG. 2023. Genome sequence of Emydomyces testavorans type strain 16-2883 (ATCC TSD-145), an onygenalean fungus associated with freshwater aquatic turtle shell lesions. Microbiol Resour Announc, 12(9):e0022223.

Kendall MW, Wright AD, Adamovicz LA, Durante K, Andersson KE, Frederickson K, Vivirito K, Ospina EA, Delaney MA, Allender MC. 2023. Environmental temperature influences ophidiomycosis progression and survival in experimentally challenged prairie rattlesnakes (Crotalus viridis). PLoS One, 18(8):e0289641.

Lorch JM, Winzeler ME, Lankton JS, Raverty S, Snyman HN, Schwantje H, Thacker C, Knowles S, Cai HY, Grear DA. 2023. Paranannizziopsis spp. infections in wild snakes and a qPCR assay for detection of the fungus. Front Microbiol, 14:1302586.

Marini D, Di Nicola MR, Crocchianti V, Notomista T, Iversen D, Coppari L, Di Criscio M, Brouard V, Dorne JCM, Rüegg J, Marenzoni ML. 2023. Pilot survey reveals ophidiomycosis in dice snakes Natrix tessellata from Lake Garda, Italy. Vet Res Commun, 47(3):1707–1719.

Risoli S, Sarrocco S, Terracciano G, Papetti L, Baroncelli R, Nali C. 2023. Isolation and characterization of Fusarium spp. from unhatched eggs of Caretta caretta in Tuscany (Italy). Fungal Biol, 127(10–11):1321–1327.

Visvanathan N, Lim JYA, Chng HT, Xie S. 2023. A critical review on the dosing and safety of antifungals used in exotic avian and reptile species. J Fungi (Basel), 9(8):810.

Amphibians

Alexiev A, Melie T, Martindale R, Delacey C, Quandt CA, McKenzie VJ. 2023. Mr. Toad's wild fungi: fungal isolate diversity on Colorado boreal toads and their capacity for pathogen inhibition. Fungal Ecol, 66:101297.

Assis VR, Robert J, Titon SCM. 2023. Introduction to the special issue Amphibian Immunity: Stress, Disease and Ecoimmunology. Philos Trans R Soc London Ser B Biol Sci, 378(1882):20220117.

Barragan EM, Hoskins TD, Allmon EB, McQuigg JL, Hamilton MT, Christian EN, Coogan GSM, Searle CL, Choi YJ, Lee LS, Hoverman JT, Sepúlveda MS. 2023. Toxicities of legacy and current-use PFAS in an anuran: do larval exposures influence responses to a terrestrial pathogen challenge? Environ Sci Technol, 57(48):19180–19189.

Campos PM, Lucid MK, Ehlers S, Walke JB. 2023. Low-level pathogen infection and geographic location correlate with the skin microbiomes of Columbia spotted frogs (Rana luteiventris) in a montane landscape. Curr Res Microb Sci, 6:100213

Carvalho T, Medina D, P Ribeiro L, Rodriguez D, Jenkinson TS, Becker CG, Toledo LF, Hite JL. 2023. Coinfection with chytrid genotypes drives divergent infection dynamics reflecting regional distribution patterns. Commun Biol, 6(1):941.

Carvalho T, Si C, Clemons RA, Faust E, James TY. 2023. Amphibian Hymenochirus boettgeri as an experimental model for infection studies with the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Virulence, 14(1):2270252.

Chen G, Lau A, Wan B, Poon ESK, Fung HS, Lee WH, Sung YH, Sin SYW. 2023. Occurrence of pathogenic chytrid fungi Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the Hong Kong newt (Paramesotriton hongkongensis) and other wild and imported amphibians in a subtropical Asian region. J Wildl Dis, 59(4):709–721.

Chew A, West M, Brannelly LA. 2023. Comparison of methods for determining Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis zoospore viability. Dis Aquat Organ, 155:141–146.

Erens J, Preissler K, Speybroeck J, Beukema W, Spitzen-van der Sluijs A, Stark T, Laudelout A, Kinet T, Schmidt BR, Martel A, Steinfartz S, Pasmans F. 2023. Divergent population responses following salamander mass mortalities and declines driven by the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans. Proc Biol Sci, 290(2007):20230510.

Forrest MJ, Halstead BJ, Grear DA, Kleeman PM, Todd BD, Miano OJ, Urquhart KD. 2023. Keeping the heat on: weighted surveillance for chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in Dixie Valley toads (Anaxyrus [= Bufo] williamsi). J Wildl Dis, 59(4):557–568.

Fu M, Eimes JA, Kong S, Lamichhaney S, Waldman B. 2023. Identification of major histocompatibility complex genotypes associated with resistance to an amphibian emerging infectious disease. Infect Genet Evol, 113:105470.

Fu M, Eimes JA, Waldman B. 2023. Divergent allele advantage in the MHC and amphibian emerging infectious disease. Infect Genet Evol, 111:105429.

García-Sánchez JC, Arredondo-Centeno J, Segovia-Ramírez MG, Tenorio Olvera AM, Parra-Olea G, Vredenburg VT, Rovito SM. 2023. Factors influencing bacterial and fungal skin communities of montane salamanders of Central Mexico. Microb Ecol, 86(1):670–686.

Longo AV, Lips KR, Zamudio KR. 2023. Evolutionary ecology of host competence after a chytrid outbreak in a naive amphibian community. Philos Trans R Soc London Ser B Biol Sci, 378(1882):20220130.

McMahon TA, Nordheim CL, Detmering SE, Johnson PTJ, Rohr JR, Civitello DJ. 2023. Pseudacris regilla metamorphs acquire resistance to Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis after exposure to the killed fungus. Dis Aquat Organ, 155:193–198.

Paetow LJ, Cue RI, Pauli BD, Marcogliese DJ. 2023. Effects of herbicides and the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on the growth, development and survival of larval American toads (Anaxyrus americanus). Ecotoxicol Environ Saf, 259:115021.

Ramsay C, Rohr JR. 2023. Ontogeny of immunity and potential implications for co-infection. Philos Trans R Soc London Ser B Biol Sci, 378(1882):20220127.

Reinhold JM, Halbert E, Roark M, Smith SN, Stroh KM, Siler CD, McLeod DS, Lahondère C. 2023. The role of Culex territans mosquitoes in the transmission of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis to amphibian hosts. Parasit Vectors, 16(1):424.

Robak MJ, Saenz V, de Cortie E, Richards-Zawacki CL. 2023. Effects of temperature on the interaction between amphibian skin bacteria and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Front Microbiol, 14:1253482.

Roth SA, Griffis-Kyle KL, Barnes MA. 2023. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the arid and thermally extreme Sonoran Desert. Ecohealth, 20(4):370–380.

Ruiz VL, Robert J. 2023. The amphibian immune system. Philos Trans R Soc London Ser B Biol Sci, 378(1882):20220123.

Scheele BC, Heard GW, Cardillo M, Duncan RP, Gillespie GR, Hoskin CJ, Mahony M, Newell D, Rowley JJL, Sopniewski J. 2023. An invasive pathogen drives directional niche contractions in amphibians. Nat Ecol Evol. 20237(10):1682–1692.

Stupar M, Savković Ž, Breka K, Stamenković S, Krizmanić I, Vukojević J, Grbić ML. 2023. A variety off fungal species on the green frogs' skin (Pelophylax esculentus complex) in South Banat. Microb Ecol, 86(2):859–871.

Sun D, Ellepola G, Herath J, Meegaskumbura M. 2023. Ecological barriers for an amphibian pathogen: a narrow ecological niche for Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in an Asian chytrid hotspot. J Fungi (Basel), 9(9):911.

Sun D, Herath J, Zhou S, Ellepola G, Meegaskumbura M. 2023. Associations of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis with skin bacteria and fungi on Asian amphibian hosts. ISME Commun, 3(1):123.

Thumsová B, Alarcos G, Ayres C, Rosa GM, Bosch J. 2023. Relationship between two pathogens in an amphibian community that experienced mass mortalities. Conserv Biol, Oct 9:e14196.

Troitsky TS, Laine VN, Lilley TM. 2023. When the host's away, the pathogen will play: the protective role of the skin microbiome during hibernation. Anim Microbiome, 5(1):66.

Trumbo DR, Hardy BM, Crockett HJ, Muths E, Forester BR, Cheek RG, Zimmerman SJ, Corey-Rivas S, Bailey LL, Funk WC. 2023. Conservation genomics of an endangered montane amphibian reveals low population structure, low genomic diversity and selection pressure from disease. Mol Ecol, 32(24):6777–6795.

Ujszegi J, Boros Z, Fodor A, Vajna B, Hettyey A. 2023. Metabolites of Xenorhabdus bacteria are potent candidates for mitigating amphibian chytridiomycosis. AMB Express, 13(1):88.

Wax N, Walke JB, Haak DC, Belden LK. 2023. Comparative genomics of bacteria from amphibian skin associated with inhibition of an amphibian fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. PeerJ, 11:e15714.

Webb RJ, Rush C, Berger L, Skerratt LF, Roberts AA. 2023. Glutathione is required for growth and cadmium tolerance in the amphibian chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Biochimie, 220:22–30.

Reptiles

Amarga AK, Robbins RG, Lin SM. 2023. Host associations of the Asian monitor lizard tick Amblyomma varanense (Supino, 1897) (Ixodida: Ixodidae), with a new host record from the Philippines. Syst Appl Acarol, 28(8):1305–1319.

Apache J, Rodríguez-Almonacid CC, Moreno-Torres CA, Gamboa-Suárez BA, Matta NE. 2023. Hemoparasite occurrence and hematological/serum chemistry variations in Podocnemis vogli turtles: a comparative analysis between wild-residing infected specimens and captive non-infected counterparts. Vet Parasitol Region Stud Rep, 45:100928.

Bezerra TL, Soares RM, Gondim LF. 2023. Sarcocystis species (Apicomplexa, Eucoccidiorida) parasitizing snakes. Parasitologia, 3(4):327–347.

Blázquez-Castro S, Barrientos R, Megía-Palma R. 2023. Unusual double erythrocyte infection by heterogeneric parasites in the lacertid lizard Psammodromus algirus (Linnaeus, 1758). Herpetol Notes, 16:669–672.

Bogan JE, Mitchell MA, Hoffman M, Garner MM, Childress A, Wellehan JFX. 2023. Open label, multi-arm randomized clinical evaluation of clofazimine and curcumin treatments for Cryptosporidium serpentis infection in eastern indigo snakes (Drymarchon couperi). J Herpetol Med Surg, 33(3):175–179.

Canelas VL, Santana RL, Carvalho EL, Giese EG. 2023. Ozolaimus megatyphlon and Ozolaimus cirratus parasitizing the Iguana iguana (Linnaeus, 1758) from Marajó Island, Pará, Brazil: new occurrence and morphological redescription. Rev Bras Parasitol Vet, 32:e003923.

Carbonara M, Mendoza-Roldan JA, Lia RP, Annoscia G, Iatta R, Varcasia A, Conte G, Benelli G, Otranto D. 2023. Squamata reptiles as a potential source of helminth infections when preyed on by companion animals. Parasit Vectors, 16(1):233.

Cavaco B, de Carvalho LM, Shimoda E, Santoro M, Werneck MR. 2023. Helminth fauna of juvenile green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) from Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Helminthologia, 60(2):196–200.

Chang YC, Lin TS, Huang WW, Lee HY, Shih CH, Wu YC, Huang CC, Chen TH. 2023. Reevaluation of hemoparasites in the black spiny-tailed iguana (Ctenosaura similis) with the first pathological and molecular characterizations of Lankesterella desseri n. sp. and redescription of Hepatozoon gamezi. Microorganisms, 11(10):2374.

Clemente GR, Gutierrez-Liberato GA, Anjos CC, Simões PI, Mudrek JR, Fecchio A, Lima JH, Oliveira PM, Pinho JB, Mathias BS, Guimarães LO. 2023. Occurrence of Hepatozoon in some reptiles from Brazilian biomes with molecular and morphological characterization of Hepatozoon caimani. Diversity, 15(12):1192.

Conrad H, Pollock NB, John‐Alder H. 2023. Chigger mite (Eutrombicula alfreddugesi) ectoparasitism does not contribute to sex differences in growth rate in eastern fence lizards (Sceloporus undulatus). Ecol Evol, 13(10):e10590.

de Chambrier A, Kudlai O, McAllister CT, Scholz T. 2023. Discovering high species diversity of Ophiotaenia tapeworms (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) of watersnakes (Colubridae) in North America. Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, 22:255–275.

de Luna M, García-Barrios R, Barton DP, García-Vázquez L. 2023. Adult tapeworm (Platyhelminthes: Cestoda) parasites of North American herpetofauna: checklist of species and identification key to families and genera. J Parasitol, 109(4):377–400.

d'Ovidio D, Pantchev N, Santoro D. 2023. Hirstiella spp. infestation in a client-owned iguana (Iguana iguana) associated with skin lesions on its owner. Top Companion Anim Med, 55:100802.

Edila R, Yudhana A, Praja RN, Wardhana AH, Keun KH, Asdiyanta AN, Putra FL, Firmansyah J, Hartomoro MJ, Maulana MR. 2023. Occurrence of parasitic tapeworm Bothridium pithonis (Class: Cestoda) in puff-faced water snake (Homalopsis buccata). Ind Vet J, 100(10):7–11.

Ehya F, Kalantari S, Bandehpour M, Kazemi B. 2023. Preliminary information of Iranian lizard Leishmania promastigote transcriptome sequencing by next generation sequencing (NGS) method. Iran J Parasitol, 18(3):362.

Ezenwaka CO. 2023. Understanding the association between selected Agama agama characteristics and intestinal parasitic infection in Otuoke, Nigeria. Int J Pathogen Res, 12(6):172–178.

Flowers JR, Beane JC. 2023. Endoparasites of the corn snake, Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus)(Squamata: Colubridae) from North Carolina, USA. Comp Parasitol,90(2):89-94.

Gofton AW, Popa-Baez A, Takano A, Soennichsen K, Michie M, Short M, Supriyono S, Pascoe J, Cusbert S, Mulley R. 2023. Characterisation and comparative genomics of three new Varanus-associated Borrelia spp. from Indonesia and Australia. Parasites Vectors, 16(1):317.

Heng Y, Hsu CD, Mathew A, Oh PY, Li WT, Xie S. 2023. Management of Entamoeba invadens in the herpetological collection at the Singapore Zoo. J Zoo Wildl Med, 54(2):272–281.

Heng Y, Panarese R, Hsu CD, Xie S. 2023. Management of a fatal outbreak of strongyloidiasis in a population of panther chameleons (Furcifer pardalis) with ivermectin. J Zoo Wildl Med, 54(2):282-291.

Iverson JB. 2023. Incidence of botfly infestation in the ornate box turtle (Terrapene ornata). Chelonian Conserv Biol, 22(2):230–232.

Jesus RF, Oliveira SC, Ramos IM, Melo FT. 2023. A new species of Orientatractis (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea: Atractidae) parasite of yellow-spotted Amazon river turtle, Podocnemis unifilis Troschel, 1848 (Testudines: Podocnemididae) in Brazilian Amazon. Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, 22:108–112.

Koch RW, Gustafson KD, Bolek MG. 2023. Observations on turtle acanthocephalan abnormalities from Oklahoma, USA. Comp Parasitol, 90(2):95–100.

Kwak ML, Jones MD, Harman ME, Smith SN, D'souza A, Knierim T, Barnes CH, Waengsothorn S, Amarga AK, Kuo CC, Nakao R. 2023. The East Indies reptile tick Amblyomma helvolum Koch, 1844 (Acari: Ixodidae), taxonomy, biology and new host records, including the first record of human infestation. Ticks Tick Borne Dis, 14(6):102224.

Lignon JS, Cohen SC, Justo MC, Du Preez L, Comarella CG, Nishimaru RA, Souza PV, Ataíde MW, Müller DC, Brun MV, Monteiro SG. 2023. New species of Polystomoides (Monogenoidea: Polystomatidae) parasitizing the urinary bladder of a freshwater turtle in Brazil. Rev Bras Parasitol Vet, 32:e007823.

Lobão LF, Corrêa LL, Bruno SF, da Silva S, Uchôa CM, da Silva Barbosa A. 2023. Diagnosis of endoparasite species and subtypes of Cryptosporidium spp. with one health importance, in feces from captive snakes in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Parasitol Int, 97:102797.

Mendonça MA, Fonseca MS, Piedade GC, Rodamilans GM, Marques FS, Ayres MC, Viana LA, Meira-Santos PO, Meyer R, Portela RD. 2023. Detection of hemopathogens in Chelonoidis carbonaria: microscopic, molecular, hematological, and clinical biochemistry aspects. Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis, 23(10):520–527.

Mendoza-Roldan JA, Noll Louzada-Flores V, Lekouch N, Khouchfi I, Annoscia G, Zatelli A, Beugnet F, Walochnik J, Otranto D. 2023. Snakes and souks: zoonotic pathogens associated to reptiles in the Marrakech markets, Morocco. PLoS Negl Trop Dis, 17(7):e0011431.

Morick D, Bachmann VM, Shemesh E, Botero-Anug AM, Zemah-Shamir Z, Aizenberg Z, Davidovich N, Goldberg D, Kan G, Ofri R, Tchernov D. 2023. Blindness associated with Learedius learedi trematode infection in a green sea turtle Chelonia mydas of northern Red Sea. Front Vet Sci, 10:1258522.

Nasiri V, Jameie F. 2023. Snake neosporosis: molecular detection and phylogenic characterization of Neospora caninum DNA from Iranian venomous snakes. Eur J Wildl Res, 69(4):68.

Noormonavvar M, Arabkhazaeli F, Rostami A, Nabian S, Sayareh F. 2023. A survey on the gastrointestinal parasites of exotic companion species in Tehran, Iran. Iran J Vet Sci Technol, 15(3):1–6.

Ofori BY, Ewool JM, Asamoah RE, Adarkwah PA, Oduro D. 2023. Diversity and composition of gastrointestinal helminths and gram-negative bacteria of the West African rainbow lizard (Agama picticauda) in a human-modified landscape: implications for conservation and zoonosis. Int J Zool, 2023(9977489):1–10.

Oliveira MC, Ferreira-Silva C, Silva RJ, Almeida WO, França FG, Lourenço-de-Moraes R. 2023. First record of Sebekia oxycephala (Pentastomida: Sebekidae) infecting Helicops angulatus (Reptilia: Colubridae) in Northeast Brazil. Braz J Biol, 83:e275302.

Ootawa T, Toda M, Takahashi H, Saruta T, Murakami Y, Iguchi Y, Masatani T. 2023. Record of Cryptosporidium serpentis from Goniurosaurus kuroiwae sengokui (Reptilia, Squamata, Eublepharidae) in Tokashikijima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. J Vet Med Sci, 85(10):1142–1145.

Palmisano JN, Farrell TM, Gustafson TM, Fitak RR. 2023. The mitochondrial genome of the pentastome parasite Raillietiella orientalis Hett, 1915 (Raillietiellida; Raillietiellidae) with notes on its phylogenetic position. Mitochondrial DNA B, 8(7):756–759.

Ribeiro AB, Santana DN, Souza JC, Oliveira MS, Magalhães MS, Malvasio A, Silva KL. 2023. Parasitic macrofauna of Podocnemis unifilis from the Tocantins and Javaés Rivers, Eastern Amazon, Brazil. Pesqui Vet Bras, 43:e07283.

Rolfes JW, Godfrey SS. 2023. Seasonal and spatial patterns of infestation with ectoparasitic mites on New Zealand geckos revealed using a crowd‐sourced citizen science database. Austral Ecol, 49(2):e13472.

Santana RL, de Carvalho EL, Conga DM, Aparicio PM, Pereira WL, Giese EG. 2023. Redescription of Brevimulticaecum baylisi (Travassos, 1933) Sprent (1979) (Nematoda: Heterocheilidae), a parasite of Caiman crocodilus (Crocodylia: Alligatoridae) in the north-eastern Peruvian Amazon. Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Rep, 43:100905.

Santos AN, Willkens Y, Silva LF, de Vasconcelos Melo FT, Fernandes TF. 2023. A new species of Oxyascaris Travassos, 1920 (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea) parasite of Leptodeira annulata (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Brazil, with a key to the species of the genus. Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, 22:243–248.

Silva GD, Teixeira AA, Franzini LD, Mesquita DO, Brito SV. 2023. A temporal variation in diet and helminth abundance in the spiny-tailed lizard, Strobilurus torquatus Wiegmann, 1834 (Squamata: Tropiduridae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Acta Herpetol, 18(2):105–114.

Silva LM, Jesus RF, Santos AN, Nandyara B, Willkens Y, Santos JN, Melo FT. 2023. New species of Serpinema (Nematoda: Camallanidae) from the scorpion mud turtle Kinosternon scorpioides (Testudines: Kinosternidae) from eastern Amazon, Brazil. Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl, 22:6–13.

Ticha L, Volfova V, Mendoza-Roldan JA, Bezerra-Santos MA, Maia C, Sadlova J, Otranto D, Volf P. 2023. Experimental feeding of Sergentomyia minuta on reptiles and mammals: comparison with Phlebotomus papatasi. Parasit Vectors, 16(1):1–9.

Trivalairat P, Trivalairat K, Tassamakorn A, Purivirojkul W. 2023. Blood recovery of wild Mekong snail-eating turtles (Malayemys subtrijuga Schlegel and Müller, 1845) in captivity from leech infestation. Int J Parasitol Parasit Wildl, 22:126–135.

Vicente-Ferreira GS, do Nascimento EF, Grezzana KL, Ávila RW, Garey MV. 2023. Range extension and first state record of the snake parasite Renifer heterocoelium (Trematoda: Digenea) in southern Brazil. Herpetol Notes, 16:807–811.

Amphibians

Atkinson MS, Savage AE. 2023. Widespread amphibian Perkinsea infections associated with Ranidae hosts, cooler months and ranavirus co-infection. J Anim Ecol, 92(9):1856–1868.

Coêlho TA, Chagas-de-Souza D, Cavalcante MC, Viana LA. 2023. First record of microfilariae in the Cane Toad, Rhinella marina (Linnaeus, 1758) in Brazil. Herpetol Notes, 16:693–695.

Hardman RH, Ammar S, Gerhold R, Sutton W, Carter ED, Snyder S, Neto JDS, Tarkington M, Gray MJ, Miller DL. 2023. Coccidiosis in wild eastern newts (Notophthalmus viridescens): an unexpected finding in consecutive mortality events in Tennessee, USA. J Wildl Dis, 59(3):479–486.

Kambayashi C, Nakano T. 2023. Lumping three nominal species into one: taxonomic revision of amphibian parasitic leeches of Torix in Far East Asia (Hirudinea: Glossiphoniidae). Invert Syst, 37(12):819–833.

Pollo F, Salinas Z, Baraquet M, Otero MA, Grenat PR, Salas N, Martino AL, Sinsch U. 2023. Hemoparasites do not affect life-history traits and cellular immune response in treefrog hosts Boana cordobae. Animals, 13(22):3566.

Velázquez-Urrieta Y, Velarde-Aguilar MG, Oceguera-Figueroa A, León-Règagnon V. 2023. New species of Foleyellides (Nematoda: Onchocercidae: Waltonellinae), parasite of Lithobates brownorum (Amphibia: Ranidae) from South-eastern Mexico and genetic barcodes of the Mexican species of the genus. Syst Parasitol, 100(6):591–599.