First record of digenetic trematodes of frogsRana ridibunda ridibunda collected from Kirkuk, Iraq.

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In this study which has been done between November 2005 and March 2006, 50 frogs (Rana ridibunda ridibunda ) were collected from Kirkuk governorate (Kirkuk city , Dubis , Taza and Kara injeer ) and examined for digenetic trematodes .Three species of digenetic trematodes Haematoloechus medioplexus , Pleurogenoides medians and Gorgoderina vitelliloba were observed. These species were first recorded in Iraq.

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