Helminths Infecting the Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira Annulata Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in a Semiarid Region of Brazil

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...

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Autores principales: Carvalho, E. F. Fernandes De, Silva-Neta, A. Ferreira Da, Silva, C. De Sousa, Oliveira, C. R. De, Nunes, J. Da Cunha Xavier, Souza, T. Gonçalves De, Ávila, R. W.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sciendo 2018
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6662002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31662659
http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/helm-2018-0027
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Sumario: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.

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