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.
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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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author 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.
author_facet 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.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-66620022019-10-29 Helminths Infecting the Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira Annulata Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in a Semiarid Region of Brazil 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. Helminthologia Research Article 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. Sciendo 2018-10-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6662002/ /pubmed/31662659 http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/helm-2018-0027 Text en © 2018 E. F. Fernandes De Carvalho, A. Ferreira Da Silva-Neta, C. De Sousa Silva, C. R. De Oliveira, J. Da Cunha Xavier Nunes, T. Gonçalves De Souza, R. W. Ávila, published by Sciendo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
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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.
Helminths Infecting the Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira Annulata Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in a Semiarid Region of Brazil
title Helminths Infecting the Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira Annulata Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in a Semiarid Region of Brazil
title_full Helminths Infecting the Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira Annulata Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in a Semiarid Region of Brazil
title_fullStr Helminths Infecting the Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira Annulata Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in a Semiarid Region of Brazil
title_full_unstemmed Helminths Infecting the Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira Annulata Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in a Semiarid Region of Brazil
title_short Helminths Infecting the Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira Annulata Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in a Semiarid Region of Brazil
title_sort helminths infecting the cat-eyed snake leptodeira annulata linnaeus 1758 (squamata: dipsadidae) in a semiarid region of brazil
topic Research Article
url 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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