Helminth Parasites of Pit Vipers from North Carolina

Helminth Parasites of Pit Vipers from North Carolina

We surveyed for helminth parasites salvaged specimens of 27 Agkistrodon contortrix (Copperhead), 4 Agkistrodon piscivorus (Cottonmouth), and 7 Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnake) collected between 2003 and 2010 from various locations in North Carolina. We detected 10 previously described helminth...

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Veröffentlicht in:Southeastern naturalist (Steuben, Me.) Me.), 2016, Vol.15 (4), p.729-741
Hauptverfasser: Davis, Elijah, Beane, Jeffrey C., Flowers, James R.
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Sprache:eng
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Helminthiasis
Insect larvae
Larval development
Life cycle
Nematode larvae
Nematodes
Parasite hosts
Reptiles
Snakes
Tapeworms
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Zusammenfassung:We surveyed for helminth parasites salvaged specimens of 27 Agkistrodon contortrix (Copperhead), 4 Agkistrodon piscivorus (Cottonmouth), and 7 Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnake) collected between 2003 and 2010 from various locations in North Carolina. We detected 10 previously described helminths (2 trematodes: Ochetosoma kansensis, Travtrema stenocotyle; 1 cestode: Proteocephalus sp.; 6 nematodes: Kalicephalus inermis coronellae, Kalicephalus costatus parvus, Physalopterid larvae, Physaloptera squamatae, Capillaria colubra, Strongyloides serpentis; and 1 acanthocephalan: Macracanthorhynchid cystacanths). Herein, we report 7 new host records and 7 new geographic-distribution records with notes on host—parasite biology.
ISSN:1528-7092
1938-5412
DOI:10.1656/058.015.0414