Unal, GulerAyaz, DincerTok, Cemal VarolSaygi, Gulendame2025-05-102025-05-1020100270-50602156-694110.1080/02705060.2010.96644162-s2.0-78649586823https://doi.org/10.1080/02705060.2010.9664416https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14720/1659We examined the structure of the black spots on the ventral surface of Rana ridibunda specimens, which were collected from the west Anatolia region of Turkey, and a multi-cellular parasite was discovered under these spots on the dermis within a cyst. The number of melanocytes had increased and the connective tissue of the dermis had surrounded the cyst. The parasite was a trematode in its metacercarial stage.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessArticle254Q4Q3667668WOS:000284243100019