A new species of Oxyascaris Travassos, 1920 (Nematoda: Cosmocercoidea) parasite of Leptodeira annulata (Serpentes: Colubridae) from Brazil, with a key to the species of the genus
During a helminthological survey of snakes in the Cerrado Biome in Maranhão State, Brazil, we found intestinal nematodes in Leptodeira annulata (Linnaeus), belonging to the genus Oxyascaris Travassos, 1920. We observed that the specimens found are distinct from their congeners by the combination of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213224423000895 |