Diversitatea faunei helmintice a ranidelor verzi (Amphibia: Ranidae) din complexul de bazine acvatice de la Grădina Botanică (Institut) a AȘM

This work is based on data, collected since 2013 untill 2017 within urbanised areas of the city Chisinau, in the Republic of Moldova. The investigations on this group of amphibians were conducted in the laboratory of Parasitology and Helminthology of the Institute of Zoology of the ASM and the identification of above mentioned species was performed by classical deductive methods. The green ranida were dissected for complete helminthological analysis by Skrjeabin, 1928. For helminthological studies the amphibians have been captured in 4 water basins. It was established the infestation of green ranida complex (Rana ridibunda, R. lessonae, R. esculenta) by 14 helminth species that belong to 3 classes (Trematoda – 9 species, Secernentea – 4 species and Palaeacanthocephala – 1 species), 3 orders, 6 families and 13 genera.It was revealed that the infestation level with helminths of green ranida (Rana ridibunda, Rana lessonae, Rana esculenta) depends on basins, on helminths species as well as on host species. In species Rana ridibunda the infestation with 14 helminth species was registered; in Rana lessonae – with 12 species and in Rana esculenta – with 8 helminth species.