Louis du Preez
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Louis du Preez's Degrees
- Bachelors Zoology University of Pretoria
- Masters Parasitology University of Cape Town
- PhD Zoology Stellenbosch University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Louis Heyns Du Preez is a South African professor of zoology who specialises in parasitology and herpetology at the North-West University. Du Preez is best known for his research on South African frog species, writing a widely used wildlife guide for the frogs of Southern Africa, and contributions to global parasitology with special focus studies on polystome worms. His contributions to polystome research have led to a recently discovered Malagasy frog species, Blommersia dupreezi, being named in his honour.
Louis du Preez's Published Works
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- Origin of the Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (2004) (518)
- Multiple emergences of genetically diverse amphibian-infecting chytrids include a globalized hypervirulent recombinant lineage (2011) (392)
- Confronting Amphibian Declines and Extinctions (2006) (285)
- Rapid Global Expansion of the Fungal Disease Chytridiomycosis into Declining and Healthy Amphibian Populations (2009) (227)
- Effects of Atrazine on Fish, Amphibians, and Aquatic Reptiles: A Critical Review (2008) (170)
- Effects of atrazine on fish, amphibians, and aquatic reptiles: a critical review. (2008) (111)
- Atrazine concentrations, gonadal gross morphology and histology in ranid frogs collected in Michigan agricultural areas. (2006) (99)
- Seasonal exposures to triazine and other pesticides in surface waters in the western Highveld corn-production region in South Africa. (2005) (95)
- Plasma concentrations of estradiol and testosterone, gonadal aromatase activity and ultrastructure of the testis in Xenopus laevis exposed to estradiol or atrazine. (2005) (88)
- Biodiversity. Confronting amphibian declines and extinctions. (2006) (81)
- The Challenge of Conserving Amphibian Megadiversity in Madagascar (2008) (79)
- Gonadal development of larval male Xenopus laevis exposed to atrazine in outdoor microcosms. (2005) (78)
- Effects of atrazine on CYP19 gene expression and aromatase activity in testes and on plasma sex steroid concentrations of male African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis). (2005) (76)
- Terminology of gonadal anomalies in fish and amphibians resulting from chemical exposures. (2006) (69)
- Plasma sex steroid concentrations and gonadal aromatase activities in African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) from South Africa (2004) (65)
- Relationships among size, development, and Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in African tadpoles. (2007) (53)
- Correlating early evolution of parasitic platyhelminths to Gondwana breakup. (2011) (49)
- Reproduction, larval growth, and reproductive development in African clawed frogs (Xenopus laevis) exposed to atrazine. (2008) (49)
- Invasive species threat: parasite phylogenetics reveals patterns and processes of host-switching between non-native and native captive freshwater turtles (2011) (47)
- Origin and evolution of African Polystoma (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) assessed by molecular methods. (2001) (42)
- Leapfrogging into new territory: How Mascarene ridged frogs diversified across Africa and Madagascar to maintain their ecological niche. (2017) (41)
- Population-specific incidence of testicular ovarian follicles in Xenopus laevis from South Africa: a potential issue in endocrine testing. (2009) (40)
- Taxonomy of the super-cryptic Hyperolius nasutus group of long reed frogs of Africa (Anura: Hyperoliidae), with descriptions of six new species. (2013) (39)
- Assessment of laryngeal muscle and testicular cell types in Xenopus laevis (Anura Pipidae) inhabiting maize and non‐maize growing areas of South Africa (2005) (39)
- Evolutionary processes involved in the diversification of chelonian and mammal polystomatid parasites (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Polystomatidae) revealed by palaeoecology of their hosts. (2015) (36)
- Population structure of the African Clawed Frog (Xenopus laevis) in maize‐growing areas with atrazine application versus non‐maize‐growing areas in South Africa (2005) (32)
- Biodiversity of frog haemoparasites from sub-tropical northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2015) (32)
- Plasma steroid hormone concentrations, aromatase activities and GSI in ranid frogs collected from agricultural and non-agricultural sites in Michigan (USA). (2006) (32)
- The double odyssey of Madagascan polystome flatworms leads to new insights on the origins of their amphibian hosts (2009) (32)
- Lessons from parasitic flatworms about evolution and historical biogeography of their vertebrate hosts. (2009) (29)
- Spatial Assessment of Amphibian Chytrid Fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis) in South Africa Confirms Endemic and Widespread Infection (2013) (27)
- Endoparasitic mites of the genus Endotrombicula Ewing, 1931 (Acari: Prostigmata: Parasitengona: Trombiculidae) from African and Madagascan anurans, with description of a new species. (2007) (27)
- Neopolystoma liewi sp. n. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from the eye of the Malayan box turtle (Cuora amboinensis). (2000) (25)
- Monophyly of the species of Hepatozoon (Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae) parasitizing (African) anurans, with the description of three new species from hyperoliid frogs in South Africa (2017) (24)
- Quantitative measurement of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in amphibian skin. (2006) (18)
- Redescription and molecular diagnosis of Hepatozoon theileri (Laveran, 1905) (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Hepatozoidae), infecting Amietia quecketti (Anura: Pyxicephalidae). (2014) (18)
- Differentiation of two locally sympatric Protopolystoma (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) species by temperature-dependent larval development and survival. (2001) (17)
- Polystomatidae (Monogenea) of Southern African Anura: Eupolystoma vanasi n. sp. parasitic in Schismaderma carens (Smith) (2004) (16)
- Additional morphological information on Oculotrema hippopotami Stunkard, 1924 (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) parasitic on the African hippopotamus (2004) (15)
- First monogenean flatworm from a microhylid frog host: Kankana, a new polystome genus from Madagascar. (2011) (15)
- Linking organochlorine exposure to biomarker response patterns in Anurans: a case study of Müller’s clawed frog (Xenopus muelleri) from a tropical malaria vector control region (2018) (15)
- Some nematodes of the genus Rhabdias Stiles et Hassall, 1905 (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) parasitising amphibians in French Guiana. (2015) (14)
- New information on morphology and molecular data of camallanid nematodes parasitising Xenopus laevis (Anura: Pipidae) in South Africa. (2018) (14)
- Reproductive strategies of the kangaroo leech, Marsupiobdella africana (Glossiphoniidae) (2015) (13)
- Chitosan Composite Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering—a Review (2020) (13)
- The morphology and attachment of Protopolystoma xenopodis (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) infecting the African clawed frog Xenopus laevis (2014) (13)
- Folk taxonomy and indigenous names for frogs in Zululand, South Africa (2019) (12)
- The first record of polystomes (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from caecilian hosts (Amphibia: Gymnophiona), with the description of a new genus and two new species (2008) (11)
- Neofoleyellides boerewors n. gen. n. sp. (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) parasitising common toads and mosquito vectors: morphology, life history, experimental transmission and host-vector interaction in situ. (2020) (11)
- An overview of the Dactylosomatidae (Apicomplexa: Adeleorina: Dactylosomatidae), with the description of Dactylosoma kermiti n. sp. parasitising Ptychadena anchietae and Sclerophrys gutturalis from South Africa (2019) (11)
- Novel information on the morphology, phylogeny and distribution of camallanid nematodes from marine and freshwater hosts in South Africa, including the description of Camallanus sodwanaensis n. sp. (2019) (10)
- Two new species of polystomes (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from the anuran host Guibemantis liber. (2014) (10)
- Sediment TCDD-EQs and EROD and MROD Activities in Ranid Frogs from Agricultural and Nonagricultural Sites in Michigan (USA) (2006) (9)
- Tracking platyhelminth parasite diversity from freshwater turtles in French Guiana: First report of Neopolystoma Price, 1939 (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) with the description of three new species (2017) (9)
- Repeated reduction in parasite diversity in invasive populations of Xenopus laevis: a global experiment in enemy release (2019) (8)
- Morphology of the elygium and developing umbraculum in the eye of Amietia vertebralis tadpoles (2013) (8)
- A new species of Rhabdias Stiles et Hassall, 1905 (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Blommersia domerguei (Guibé) (Amphibia: Mantellidae) in Madagascar. (2013) (7)
- Has strategic planning made a difference to amphibian conservation research in South Africa? (2019) (6)
- Polystoma okomuensis n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from Boulenger's striped frog, Phlyctimantis boulengeri (Perret, 1986) in Nigeria (2010) (6)
- Assessment of platyhelminth diversity within amphibians of French Guiana revealed a new species of Nanopolystoma (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) in the caecilian Typhlonectes compressicauda. (2014) (6)
- Polystomatidae (Monogenea) of African Anura: Polystoma dawiekoki n. sp. parasitic in Ptychadena anchietae (Bocage) (2002) (6)
- Xenopus laevis as UberXL for Nematodes (2020) (6)
- A new polystomatid (Monogenea, Polystomatidae) from the mouth of the North American freshwater turtle Pseudemys nelsoni (2015) (6)
- Sundapolystoma chalconotae n. g., n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from Rana chalconota (Schlegel) of Peninsular Malaysia (2001) (6)
- Demonstrating the value and importance of combining DNA barcodes and discriminant morphological characters for polystome taxonomy (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea). (2018) (6)
- Exceptional Enlargement of the Mitochondrial Genome Results from Distinct Causes in Different Rain Frogs (Anura: Brevicipitidae: Breviceps) (2020) (6)
- Three new species of Cosmocerca Diesing, 1861 (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) parasitising frogs Cacosternum boettgeri Boulenger, 1882, Kassina senegalensis Dumeril and Bibron, 1841 and Phrynomantis bifasciatus Smith, 1847 from South Africa (2022) (5)
- Indopolystoma n. gen. (Monogenea, Polystomatidae) with the description of three new species and reassignment of eight known Polystoma species from Asian frogs (Anura, Rhacophoridae) (2019) (5)
- Molecular confirmation of high prevalence of species of Hepatozoon infection in free-ranging African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) in the Kruger National Park, South Africa (2021) (5)
- Eye to eye: classification of conjunctival sac polystomes (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) revisited with the description of three new genera Apaloneotrema n. g., Aussietrema n. g. and Fornixtrema n. g. (2020) (5)
- Polystoma nacialtuneli n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from the eastern spadefoot, Pelobates syriacus (Pelobatidae) in Turkey (2011) (5)
- First record of Metapolystoma (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from Boophis tree frogs in Madagascar, with the description of five new species (2021) (4)
- First record of viviparity in polystomatid flatworms (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) with the description of two new species of Madapolystoma from the Madagascan anuran hosts Blommersia domerguei and Mantella expectata (2018) (4)
- Molecular and morphological characterisation of Rhabdias picardiae Junker, Lhermitte-Vallarino et Bain, 2010 (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Delaland’s River Frog, Amietia delalandii (Duméril et Bibron, 1841) (Amphibia: Pyxicephalidae) in South Africa (2018) (4)
- Two new species of Neofoleyellides (Nematoda: Onchocercidae) parasitising anuran amphibians in South Africa (2021) (3)
- Spiroxys ankarafantsika Roca et Garcia, 2008 (Nematoda: Gnathostomatidae) and Other Nematodes Parasitising Pelusios spp. (Testudines: Pelomedusidae) from South Africa and Mozambique (2021) (3)
- Pseudocapillaria (Ichthyocapillaria) bumpi n. sp. (Nematoda: Capillariidae) Parasitising West African Lungfish Protopterus annectens (Owen, 1839) (Lepidosireniformes: Protopteridae) in Mozambique and Its Phylogenetic Position Within Capillariid Nematodes (2021) (3)
- A redescription of Chabaudus leberrei (Bain & Philippon, 1969) (Nematoda: Seuratoidea) from Xenopus spp. in Swaziland (2001) (3)
- Alternative development in Polystoma gallieni (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea) and life cycle evolution. (2013) (3)
- Phenotypic variation in Xenopus laevis tadpoles from contrasting climatic regimes is the result of adaptation and plasticity (2022) (3)
- Two new species of Cephalogonimidae Looss, 1899 (Digenea: Plagiorchioidea) from Africa (Mozambique and Guinea), including a new phylogenetic hypothesis for related plagiorchioids (2021) (3)
- First Record of a Polystome from Alligator Snapping Turtle, Macrochelys temminckii (Cryptodira: Chelydridae) or Mississippi; with Comments on "Neopolystoma orbiculare (Stunkard, 1916)" and Its Junior Subjective Synonyms. (2021) (3)
- Lack of phylogeographic structure in the endangered Pickersgill’s Reed Frog; Hyperolius pickersgilli (Raw, 1982) (2019) (3)
- Amphibiophilus mooiensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Amphibiophilidae), a parasite of Amietia delalandii (Duméril & Bibron) (Amphibia: Pyxicephalidae) from South Africa (2017) (3)
- An integrative taxonomic revision and redefinition of Gephyromantis (Laurentomantis) malagasius based on archival DNA analysis reveals four new mantellid frog species from Madagascar (2022) (2)
- Description and molecular characterisation of a new nematode species parasitic in the lungs of Strongylopus grayii (Smith) (Anura: Pyxicephalidae) in South Africa (2020) (2)
- Polystoma luohetong n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from Rana chaochiaoensis Liu (Amphibia: Ranidae) in China (2020) (2)
- Seasonal pattern of chytridiomycosis in common river frog (Amietia angolensis ) tadpoles in the South African Grassland Biome (2011) (1)
- A new species of Serpentirhabdias Tkach, Kuzmin et Snyder, 2014 (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) parasitic in the herald snake, Crotaphopeltis hotamboeia (Laurenti) (Reptilia: Serpentes: Colubridae) in South Africa (2021) (1)
- The helminth infracommunities in three species of herons (Aves: Ardeidae) from Ukraine. (2021) (1)
- A monogenean parasite reveals the widespread translocation of the African Clawed Frog in its native range (2022) (1)
- Novel chitosan-poly(vinyl acetate) biomaterial suitable for additive manufacturing and bone tissue engineering applications (2021) (1)
- A sucker for the job: morphology and functioning of suckers of polystomatid monogeneans. (2021) (1)
- New records of Amphibiophilus spp. (Nematoda: Amphibiophilidae) parasitic in Strongylopus grayii (Smith) and Amietia delalandii (Duméril & Bibron) (Amphibia: Anura: Pyxicephalidae) in South Africa, with a description of Amphibiophilus bialatus n. sp. (2020) (1)
- Like host, like parasite: intraspecific divergence in a polystomatid flatworm parasite across South Africa echoes that of its frog host (2022) (1)
- Library books as environmental management capacity building opportunities exclude most South African languages (2023) (1)
- A quantum leap in the evolution of platyhelminths: host-switching from turtles to hippopotamuses illustrated from a phylogenetic meta-analysis of polystomes (Monogenea, Polystomatidae). (2023) (0)
- Polystoma knoffi n. sp. and Polystoma travassosi n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae): naming museum-archived specimens from Brazil (2019) (0)
- Polystomatidae (Monogenea) of southern African Anura: Polystoma channingi n.sp. parasitic in two closely related Cacosternum species (2013) (0)
- Weak divergence among African, Malagasy and Seychellois hinged terrapins (Pelusios castanoides, P. subniger) and evidence for human-mediated oversea dispersal (2012) (0)
- Tenth symposium on African Anura (2000) (0)
- Infection patterns of helminth community in black rockcod Notothenia coriiceps in West Antarctica over a 6-year term (2023) (0)
- Morphology and molecular characterization of Polystoma goeldii n. sp. (Monogenea, Polystomatidae) parasite from the urinary bladder of Physalaemus ephippifer (Steindachner) (Anura, Leptodactylidae). (2022) (0)
- Call repertoire of Ptychadena uzungwensis (Anura: Ptychadenidae) to complement molecular and morphological identification of the species from the Soutpansberg, South Africa. (2023) (0)
- Cestodes of the Genus Fimbriaria Froelich, 1802 (Cestoda, Cyclophyllidea, Fimbriariinae) from Ukraine, with a Key to Species Level (2022) (0)
- Taxonomic re-evaluation of African anuran trypanosomes with the redescription and molecular diagnosis of Trypanosoma (Trypanosoma) nelspruitense Laveran, 1904 and Trypanosoma (Haematomonas) grandicolor Pienaar, 1962. (2023) (0)
- Metapolystoma ohlerianum n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from Aglyptodactylus madagascariensis (Anura: Mantellidae). (2023) (0)
- Revision of the systematics of the Polystomoidinae (Platyhelminthes, Monogenea, Polystomatidae) with redefinition of Polystomoides Ward, 1917 and Uteropolystomoides Tinsley, 2017 (2022) (0)
- Amphibiophilus mooiensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Amphibiophilidae), a parasite of Amietia delalandii (Duméril & Bibron) (Amphibia: Pyxicephalidae) from South Africa (2017) (0)
- Three new species of Rhabdias Stiles et Hassall, 1905 (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) parasitic in Ptychadena spp. (Amphibia: Anura: Ptychadenidae) and an identification key to Rhabdias spp. from Afrotropical anurans. (2022) (0)
- Introduction and invasion of the red-eared slider and its parasites in freshwater ecosystems of Southern Europe: risk assessment for the European pond turtle in wild environments (2017) (0)
- Correction to: Three new species of Cosmocerca Diesing, 1861 (Nematoda: Cosmocercidae) parasitising frogs Cacosternum boettgeri Boulenger, 1882, Kassina senegalensis Dumeril and Bibron, 1841 and Phrynomantis bifasciatus Smith, 1847 from South Africa (2022) (0)
- Repeated reduction in parasite diversity in invasive populations of Xenopus laevis: a global experiment in enemy release (2019) (0)
- Widespread anthropogenic translocation of the African Clawed Frog across its native range is revealed by its co-introduced monogenean parasite in a co-phylogeographic approach (2021) (0)
- Polystoma vernoni n. sp. (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) from the sharp nosed grass frog Ptychadena oxyrhynchus (Smith, 1849) in South Africa. (2011) (0)
- ParaSiteDB - A user-friendly database for managing a parasitological collection. (2020) (0)
- Urbanization affects frog communities at multiple scales in a rapidly developing African city (2015) (0)
- Tracking platyhelminth parasite diversity from freshwater turtles in French Guiana: First report of Neopolystoma Price, 1939 (Monogenea: Polystomatidae) with the description of three new species (2017) (0)
- Book review (2002) (0)
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