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Helminths Infecting the Cat-eyed Snake Leptodeira Annulata Linnaeus 1758 (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in a Semiarid Region
E F Fernandes De Carvalho1, A Ferreira Da Silva-Neta2, C De Sousa Silva2
1Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ecologia e Recursos Naturais, Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus Universitário do Pici, CEP 60021970, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil.
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.
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