Abstract
A new oxyurid Nematode Pharyngodon oderolalensis is described from the common frog Rana tigrina collected from the vicinity of the agricultural area of Oderolal in Sindh, Pakistan. The new species is characterized by having distinct, membranous and semicircular lips and bearing a pair of small papilla, excretory pore in preoesophageal region, vulva being situated in the mid body region, eggs oval to globular in shape and in having slender filiform larvae inside the uterus and a different host and locality. This is a first record of the genus from Pakistan.

Rafia Rehana Ghazi, Aly Khan. (2008) PHARYNGODON ODEROLALENSIS SP.N. (NEMATODA: OXYURIDAE) FROM THE COMMON AMPHIBIAN RANA TIGRINA IN SINDH, , Volume 5, Issue 1 & 2.
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