Hepatozoon species (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) of African bufonids, with morphological description and molecular diagnosis of Hepatozoon ixoxo sp. nov. parasitising three Amietophrynus species (Anura: Bufonidae)

Table 2 Morphometrics of Hepatozoon ixoxo sp. nov. from the Amietophrynus species collected in this study

Frog hosts by species	Measurements of the different stages found in the different host species
Frog hosts by species	Trophozoites:	Immature gamonts:	Mature gamonts:
Amietophrynus garmani (Meek, 1897)		13.2 ± 0.6 (11.6–14.0) × 5.7 ± 0.3 (5.0–6.2) μm;	13.8 ± 0.7 (12.2–15.5) × 7.4 ± 0.6 (6.0–8.5) μm;
Amietophrynus garmani (Meek, 1897)		5.0 ± 0.7 (3.6–6.2) × 4.1 ± 0.6 (2.6–5.1) μm (n = 16)	3.8 ± 1.3 (2.7–5.1) × 3.5 ± 1.2 (1.4–4.7) μm (n = 66)
Amietophrynus gutturalis (Power, 1927)		14.7 ± 0.5 (13.7–16.0) × 6.7 ± 0.2 (6.1–7.1) μm;	14.7 ± 0.9 (12.3–16.5) × 7.6 ± 0.3 (7.1–8.2) μm;
Amietophrynus gutturalis (Power, 1927)		4.9 ± 0.7 (3.7–6.9) × 3.90 ± 0.9 (2.0–6.1) μm (n = 26)	4.1 ± 1.1 (3.2–5.3) × 4.0 ± 1.1 (2.5–4.8) μm (n = 20)
Amietophrynus maculatus (Hallowell, 1854)	9.5 ± 1.3(6.9–11.7) × 3.3 ± 0.5 (2.2–4.8) μm (n = 23)	14.4 ± 0.4 (13.6–15.3) × 6.1 ± 0.5 (4.4–6.8) μm;	14.5 ± 0.5 (13.4–15.7) × 7.6 ± 0.4 (6.6–8.5) μm;
Amietophrynus maculatus (Hallowell, 1854)	9.5 ± 1.3(6.9–11.7) × 3.3 ± 0.5 (2.2–4.8) μm (n = 23)	5.2 ± 0.6 (4.3–6.3) × 4.2 ± 0.5 (2.7–4.9) μm (n = 26)	3.9 ± 0.5 (3.0–5.1) × 4.3 ± 0.5 (2.7–4.9) μm (n = 46)
Total average		14.2 ± 0.7 (11.6–16.0) × 6.4 ± 0.6 (4.4–7.9) μm;	14.2 ± 0.77 (12.23–16.53) × 7.5 ± 0.51 (6.0–8.5) μm;
Total average		5.0 ± 1.4 (3.3–7.3) × 3.9 ± 0.8 (1.9–6.1) μm (n = 102)	3.9 ± 1.20 (2.6–5.9) × 4.0 ± 1.05 (1.4–5.5) μm (n = 132)

Measurements given in μm, length mean ± standard deviation (range) × width mean ± standard deviation (range); nucleus length mean ± standard deviation (range) × nucleus width mean ± standard deviation (range) (n = number measured).

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