Myiasis – the invasion of fly larvae in vertebrate tissues – is a phenomenon well documented in many animals, predominantly mammals and birds, with the most frequent forms being wound and dermal myiasis (Zumpt 1965, Guimaraes et al. 1983, Hall and Wall 1995, Hall and Farkas 2000). Amphibians world wide are also parasitized by larvae of numerous fly species, however this is a poorly studied area of amphibian biology. In Europe, North America and India, amphibians are commonly attacked by larvae of several species of blow flies (Calliphoridae), flesh flies (Sarcophagidae) and muscid flies (Muscidae) (James and Maslin 1947, Dasgupta 1962, Roy and Dasgupta 1977, Strijbosch 1980, Bolek and Coggins 2002, Bolek and Janovy 2004) while in Australia amphibians are infected with the larvae of grass flies (Chloropidae) in the genus Batrachomyia (Schell and Burgin 2001). In the Neotropics, dermal myiasis of amphibians