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On the myiasis of the Indian toad Bufo melanostictus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2009

B. Dasgupta
B. Dasgupta
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, Darjeeling Government College, Darjeeling, India
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It was found that Lucilia porphyrina Walker lays eggs on living toads (Bufo melanostictus). Larvae hatched out of the eggs in about two days and attacked the region of the upper eye-lids of the toads, where a lesion was produced. The parotoid gland was sometimes attacked. The larvae also infested the sites of injuries on the toads.

The toads thus attacked soon died and the larvae fed on their dead tissues. Mature larvae came out of the carcass within a few days and entered the soil, where they pupated. The adult fly emerged after about 20 days.

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Research Article
Information
Parasitology , Volume 52 , Issue 1-2 , May 1962 , pp. 63 - 66
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1962

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