Table 1.
Details of the six anuran species used in this study.
| Hosts | Localities |
No. of examined | Body size |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City, Prefecture | Habitat | Latitude and longitude | Length (cm) | Weight (g) | ||
| Ranidae | ||||||
| Pelophylax nigromaculatus | Takashima, Shiga | Paddy field | 35°22′ N, 135°53′ E | 14 | 3.7–5.8 (4.7 ± 0.5) | 5.0–20.0 (10.7 ± 4.1) |
| Tadami, Fukushima | Paddy field | 37°21′ N, 139°18′ E | 9 | 4.2–7.0 (5.7 ± 0.8) | 9.3–34.4 (17.2 ± 8.0) | |
| Pelophylax porosus porosus | Kamisu, Ibaraki | Paddy field | 35°51′ N, 140°40′ E | 2 | 5.0–5.9 (5.5) | 10.9–13.8 (12.4) |
| Glandirana rugosa | Takashima, Shiga | Paddy field | 35°22′ N, 135°53′ E | 3 | 4.5–5.8 (5.2 ± 0.5) | 14.0–20.0 (17.3 ± 2.5) |
| Rana japonica | Mobara, Chiba | Paddy field | 35°28′ N, 140°18′ E | 8 | 2.5–3.4 (3.0 ± 0.4) | 3.0–5.0 (4.1 ± 0.9) |
| Dicroglossidae | ||||||
| Fejervarya kawamurai | Moriyama, Shiga | Paddy field | 35°6′ N, 135°58′ E | 7 | 3.5–4.1 (3.8 ± 0.2) | 3.6–10.0 (5.9 ± 2.3) |
| Kamisu, Ibaraki | Paddy field | 35°51′ N, 140°40′ E | 6 | 3.5–5.0 (4.2 ± 0.6) | 5.4–13.8 (8.1 ± 2.8) | |
| Rhacophoridae | ||||||
| Buergeria buergeri | Takashima, Shiga | River | 35°23′ N, 135°51′ E | 9 | 3.8–4.5 (4.1 ± 0.2) | 4.0–5.0 (4.6 ± 0.5) |