Primer registro de nematodes parásitos para la culebra Xenodon merremi (Squamata, Dipsadidae) en Argentina

We analyzed the helminth fauna of Xenodon merremi Fitzinger, 1826 in a locality of humid Chaco Chaco province, Argentina. We studied 20 specimens of the Herpetological Collection of the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, collected between 1987 and 1991. Nematodes found were Kalicephalus sp., Aplecta...

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Autores principales: Lamas, Matías Fernando, Céspedez, Jorge Abel, Ruíz García , José Augusto
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Publicado: Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales y Agrimensura 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://revistas.unne.edu.ar/index.php/fce/article/view/7427
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Sumario:We analyzed the helminth fauna of Xenodon merremi Fitzinger, 1826 in a locality of humid Chaco Chaco province, Argentina. We studied 20 specimens of the Herpetological Collection of the Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, collected between 1987 and 1991. Nematodes found were Kalicephalus sp., Aplectana travassosi and Physaloptera liophis. X. merremi represents a new host record for Aplectana travassosi and Physaloptera liophis, Colonia Las Mercedes in Chaco Province a new locality for Kalicephalus sp.