n. sp. (Eucestoda: Proteocephalidae), a parasite of (Linnaeus, 1758), with redescription of (Santos and Rolas, 1973) from the Brazilian Amazon.

is the most diverse genus among proteocephalids, composed of species commonly found parasitizing snakes worldwide. However, the diversity of in the Neotropical region is still underestimated. This study describes n.

Morphological and molecular characterization of n. sp. (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae), parasitic in hylid frogs from the Brazilian Amazon.

Wilkie, 1930 are gastrointestinal parasites commonly found in amphibians and reptiles, with 4 species reported from the Neotropical region. In the present study, a new species of , namely n. sp.

The tadpole of Amazophrynella teko (Anura: Bufonidae) from the eastern Amazon, Brazil.

The genus Amazophrynella Fouquet, Recoder, Teixeira, Cassimiro, Amaro, Camacho, Damasceno, Carnaval, Moritz, and Rodrigues, is represented by 12 nominal species and distributed in the Amazon region of Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, French Guiana, Peru, and Venezuela (Frost 2020). In the last eight years, ten species from this genus have been described. However, despite the wide distribution and diversity of these species, only the tadpole of Amazophrynella manaos Rojas, Carvalho, Ávila, Farias, and Hrbek from the Brazilian Amazon (Menin et al.

The tadpole of Elachistocleis helianneae Caramaschi, 2010 (Anura: Microhylidae).

The neotropical genus Elachistocleis Parker comprises 18 described species [including Elachistocleis ovalis (Schneider) which is considered a nomen dubium by Caramaschi (2010), with pending revision]. This genus is distributed in Central America and most of South America, from Panama and Trinidad to southern Paraguay, including central Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, and Brazil (Marinho et al. 2018; Frost 2019).