Figure 5 from: A. Hopkins W, Moser B, Garst D, J. Richardson D, I. Hammond C, A. Lazo-Wasem E (2014) Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of leech (Glossiphoniidae, Hirudinida): Implications for the health of its imperiled amphibian host (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis). ZooKeys 378: 83-101. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.378.6545

Figure 5 - Relationship between total body length (cm) of eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis) and the number of leeches (Placobdella appalachiensis sp. n.) they harbored. All hellbenders were collected from stream reach A3 in southwest Virginia, USA.