Occurrence of cloacal prolapse in wild hylids in the Wet Tropics, Australia

Dis Aquat Organ. 2009 Sep 7;86(1):77-80. doi: 10.3354/dao02097.

Abstract

The idiopathic syndrome of cloacal prolapse was observed in the frog Litoria rheocola at 2 sites in the Wet Tropics of Australia; 1 of 365 individuals (0.3%) at Tully Gorge National Park and 5 of 92 individuals (5.4%) at Murray Upper National Park. The condition appeared to have resolved spontaneously with no clinical complications in 2 individuals at successive captures 14 and 155 d later. It was not observed in the sympatric frogs L. genimaculata (n = 206), L. nannotis (n = 357) or Nyctimystes dayi (n = 304) at either location. The underlying cause was not conclusively determined.

MeSH terms

  • Animal Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Animal Diseases / pathology*
  • Animals
  • Anura / physiology*
  • Australia
  • Cloaca / pathology*
  • Male
  • Prevalence
  • Prolapse
  • Tropical Climate*