Parasitic worms of European green frogs Pelophylax esculentus complex (Anura, Amphibia) in the Middle Volga region (Russia)

The dataset includes 17191 records of helminth occurrences in green frogs (Pelophylax esculentus complex) from the Middle Volga Region (European Russia) and consists of 13634 records of amphibian parasites in Samara Region, 2083 records in the Republic of Mordovia, 284 in the Republic of Tatarstan, 273 in the Republic of Mari El, 199 in Saratov Region, 190 in Nizhny Novgorod Region, 171 in Penza Region, 124 in Orenburg Region, 74 in the Republic of Chuvashia, 99 in the Republic of Bashkortostan, 56 in Ryazan Region and 4 helminth records in green frogs from Ulyanovsk Region.

The data on parasitic worms in the marsh frog Pelophylax ridibundus (Pallas, 1771), pool frog Pelophylax lessonae (Camerano, 1882) and edible frog Pelophylax kl. esculentus (Linnaeus, 1758) are presented. The dataset contains data on 43 species of parasitic worms including 29 species of trematodes, one cestode species, 11 species of nematodes and 2 species of acanthocephalans. Our studies of parasitic worms in amphibians were conducted using the method of complete helminthological necropsy.