For Little-Devil Poison Frogs (Dendrobatidae: Oophaga sylvatica), researchers in Reassembly have now a case of parasitism for the first time: Myasis, a parasitic disease caused by fly larvae in living animal tissues. Myasis affects a variety of vertebrates worldwide, including humans, domestic animals and wildlife, but has been rarely reported for tropical frogs. The study by Michelle Vélez and Mónica Guerra and co-workers represents the first record of myiasis in a frog in Ecuador and the second record for a Dendrobatidae in the Neotropics. The field work was supported by the gender equality funds of the Reassembly project. The picture shows Oophaga sylvatica with four lesions caused by flesh-fly larvae (Sarcophagidae).
