Nematode ID help

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paris

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there is so much to thumb through on the net i thought i might just post for help here, i have some not so good pics of nematodes found in tyoltritons-most were in lungs but some had burrowed out and were inside the body cavity, i did a drawing here to give more detail to my poor pictures, please let me know if you can ID these for me, i havent got a guide handy and im not well versed in them

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this pic is of 2 of the kinds i found, the one lower looks like c elegans, its the one on the top that is the mystery one
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i think i have found a match; Rhabdias sp. called lung worms, the usual one is the bufonis species in frogs-can anyone help me with this ones identity? im doing some more searching, but the answer would be quicker if you already know it. the life cycle of these worms is 4 stages, all requiring an amphibian host and they are hermaphroditic....
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..not a good thing in this case.......ill post some more later on details
 
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