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Table 2 Precipitation (in mm) measured in the meteorological station of the rain gauge at Disavlei (34° 00′ 32.80¨ S, 19° 00′ 51.95¨ E), the closest one to the locality where  Renylaima capensis  is found, during the year period of 1978–2011

From: Life cycle of Renylaima capensis, a brachylaimid trematode of shrews and slugs in South Africa: two-host and three-host transmission modalities suggested by epizootiology and DNA sequencing

Year

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

TOTAL

1978

210,8

75,3

57,4

308,9

169,2

109,8

201,7

865,6

430,2

300,4

165,0

289,6

3184

1979

90,8

87,6

126,5

123,0

275,4

695,0

254,7

288,5

209,6

410,2

123,0

19,7

2704

1980

163,5

130,9

41,8

436,9

375,7

419,5

83,2

368,9

162,7

186,5

288,6

236,0

2894

1981

333,0

33,5

153,3

204,0

65,5

322,8

504,2

704,5

457,5

93,5

247,4

130,0

3249

1982

183,0

40,1

103,5

323,0

208,0

280,7

348,0

230,9

221,7

273,6

171,9

226,2

2611

1983

57,8

191,8

129,8

57,5

828,4

860,0

362,1

176,0

381,0

85,5

77,3

70,4

3278

1984

63,0

66,0

173,8

167,0

723,2

89,5

716,8

221,0

420,0

301,7

79,2

307,5

3329

1985

182,5

167,3

340,9

219,5

236,4

580,0

403,9

382,8

316,5

144,5

172,0

100,0

3246

1986

123,5

118,4

130,5

423,0

278,9

568,0

460,0

733,9

247,0

81,0

109,9

66,5

3341

1987

191,5

90,0

84,7

198,6

436,5

458,9

485,5

374,9

355,0

115,5

102,0

227,5

3121

1988

17,3

25,0

70,0

351,2

234,6

361,9

437,2

504,5

?

225,9

80,9

109,0

2418

1989

5,5

88,8

259,0

348,3

312,7

369,0

420,7

401,7

688,2

273,5

184,9

51,0

3403

1990

75,0

167,9

64,5

737,8

158,6

312,4

868,3

452,3

183,6

62,0

138,0

89,2

3310

1991

85,0

57,9

62,8

131,0

490,4

605,5

919,4

69,8

411,0

219,1

54,7

43,5

3150

1992

33,8

122,9

148,3

376,5

482,0

847,0

451,3

362,5

358,7

431,3

147,5

56,9

3819

1993

39,7

103,0

19,5

908,2

573,0

602,4

881,0

293,0

82,5

51,5

89,0

118,0

3761

1994

108,4

55,9

33,0

200,6

195,2

870,0

281,6

209,5

224,0

121,4

90,0

86,9

2477

1995

110,4

25,0

87,0

158,2

306,0

390,0

680,0

408,4

138,5

350,0

45,4

263,0

2962

1996

20,5

136,7

76,0

166,4

166,0

470,0

410,0

0,0

841,1

539,0

430,0

213,0

3469

1997

135,0

21,5

45,0

164,0

225,0

687,0

151,8

415,0

300,0

207,0

427,0

0,0

2778

1998

206,0

43,0

128,0

246,0

625,0

0,0

790,0

270,0

180,0

0,0

370,0

315,0

3173

1999

9,0

18,0

17,0

187,0

280,0

300,0

436,0

200,0

0,0

180,0

123,0

31,0

1781

2000

105,0

94,0

96,0

57,0

0,0

695,0

240,0

0,0

800,0

107,0

57,0

95,0

2346

2001

24,0

18,5

7,0

0,0

820,0

100,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

1040,0

0,0

93,0

2103

2002

360,0

57,0

0,0

0,0

720,0

558,0

0,0

720,0

0,0

506,0

100,0

75,0

3096

2003

71,0

65,0

280,0

160,0

0,0

280,0

0,0

840,0

0,0

460,0

8,0

0,0

2164

2004

15,0

330,0

0,0

540,0

45,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

840,0

228,0

0,0

0,0

1998

2005

210,0

164,5

0,0

0,0

0,0

991,0

328,0

520,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

0,0

2214

2006

58,0

0,0

58,0

23,5

51,0

334,0

297,0

400,0

0,0

228,0

140,0

100,0

1690

2007

8,0

12,9

174,5

169,0

280,0

612,0

640,1

580,0

68,0

0,0

640,0

0,0

3184

2008

230,0

0,0

182,0

0,0

513,0

467,0

638,0

310,0

612,0

52,0

365,0

60,0

3429

2009

?

?*

39,0

160,0

863,0

623,5

248,0

620,0

304,0

?

?

?

3554

2010

14,5

68,0

280,0

110,0

655,5

304,0

230,0

271,0

175,0

205,2

156,0

106,4

2576

2011

21,0

23,5

3,0

212,8

180,0

761,0

87,0

324,0

186,0

140,0

190,0

106,4

2235

  1. ? = measurement could not be performed in this month because the gauge was broken.
  2. * = a fire occurred in early February 2009 which pronouncedly damaged the vegetation in the habitat of R. capensis.
  3. TOTAL = total rainfall for each year; a graphic comparison of yearly rainfall data available since 1945 from that meteorological station shows that the period 1999–2006 was the most dry period.