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Helminths Infecting the Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira Annulata Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in a Semiarid Region of Brazil
- Source :
- Helminthologia, Helminthologia, Vol 55, Iss 4, Pp 281-285 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Sciendo, 2018.
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Abstract
- Snakes have diverse feeding and living habits, being exposed to a variety of endoparasite communities. However, more studies are still necessary to document these relationships. We examined 18 specimens of the cat-eyed snake Leptodeira annulata from a semi-arid region in Northeast Brazil. Eight taxa of parasites were found, with higher prevalence of cystacanths (Acanthocephala). Five nematode species (Hexametra boddaertii, Oswaldocruzia sp., Oxyascaris sp., Physaloptera sp. and Raillietnema spectans) and the pentastome Raillietiella furcocerca represent a new parasitism record for the host studied. Our results also showed that L. annulata could act as paratenic host for acanthocephalans. These results contribute to the knowledge of the helminth fauna of L. annulata.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
Medicine (General)
Squamata
Fauna
Agriculture (General)
Zoology
parasites
Pentastomida
S1-972
Dipsadidae
03 medical and health sciences
R5-920
Paratenic
Physaloptera
Leptodeira
Helminths
nematoda
biology
neotropical
030108 mycology & parasitology
biology.organism_classification
snakes
reptiles
Animal Science and Zoology
Parasitology
Acanthocephala
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13369083 and 04406605
- Volume :
- 55
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Helminthologia
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....45bbeaae4198e4bfd3e4af43b565b6e4