@article {Moser:2008lk,
	title = {Placobdella cryptobranchii (Rhynchobdellida : glossiphoniidae) on Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi (Ozark Hellbender) in Arkansas and Missouri},
	journal = {Comparative Parasitology},
	volume = {75},
	year = {2008},
	pages = {98-101},
	publisher = {HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOC WASHINGTON},
	address = {C/O ALLEN PRESS INC, 1041 NEW HAMPSHIRE ST, ACCT$\#$ 141866, LAWRENCE, KS 66044 USA},
	abstract = {Placobdella cryptobranchii is a rarely collected leech of the Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi) in northern Arkansas and southern Missouri, U.S.A. Between October 2002 and August 2005, 58 hellbenders were examined from Eleven Point River (Randolph Co., Arkansas and Oregon Co., Missouri), the north fork of the White River (Ozark Co., Missouri), and the Spring River (Fulton Co., Arkansas). Forty-one of the 58 hellbenders (70.7\%) were infested with 1-140 leeches with a mean intensity (+/- SD) of 8.7 (+/- 22.1) and a relative abundance (+/- SD) of 6.3 (+/- 18.9). Contingency table analysis and t-tests revealed no significant differences in prevalence and mean intensity among various years and localities sampled. Leech size did not substantially change over the time period sampled. The dorsal pigmentation of live specimens of P. cryptobranchii is described for the first time.},
	keywords = {Arkansas, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi, Desserobdella, Glossiphoniidae, Missouri, Ozark Hellbender, Placobdella cryptobranchii, Rhynchobdellida},
	author = {Moser, William E. and Richardson, Dennis J. and Wheeler, Benjamin A. and Irwin, Kelly J. and Daniels, Bruce A. and Trauth, Stanley E. and Klemm, Donald J.}
}
@article {Moser:2005lh,
	title = {Life history and distribution of the leech Oligobdella biannulata (Moore, 1900) (Euhirudinea : Glossiphoniidae)},
	journal = {Comparative Parasitology},
	volume = {72},
	year = {2005},
	pages = {17-21},
	publisher = {HELMINTHOLOGICAL SOC WASHINGTON},
	address = {C/O ALLEN PRESS INC, 1041 NEW HAMPSHIRE ST, LAWRENCE, KS 66044 USA},
	abstract = {Oligobdella biannulata is a rare, endemic leech species originally described from a mountain stream near Blowing Rock, North Carolina, U.S.A. Specimens of O. biannulata were collected seasonally (fall 1999-summer 2002), documenting new county records from North Carolina and South Carolina and new state records from Georgia and Tennessee, U.S.A. Fifty-one percent of Desmognathus quadramaculatus and 50\% of Desmognathus marmoratus were parasitized with O. biannulata. Between late May and early July, O. biannulata leaves its salamander host to lay 15-30 bright yellow, yolky eggs and brood them on its ventral surface. Eggs hatch in 10-20 d, and in about 50 d both hatchlings and adult search for a blood meal. Oligobdella biannulata reattaches to its host between late August and early October. When a desmognathine salamander host is found the adult leech attaches and hatchlings leave the adult, attaching singly or in clusters on the limbs or axillary and inguinal regions of the salamander, blood feeding, and overwintering on the host.},
	keywords = {desmognathinae, Desmognathus marmoratus, Desmognathus quadramaculatus, Euhirudinea, Glossiphonidae, Hirudinea, Oligobdella biannulata, Rhynchobdellida, salamanders},
	author = {Moser, WE and Van Devender, RW and Klemm, DJ}
}
