Bothriocephalus sp. (Cestoidea: Bothriocephalidae) from the Georgia Blind Salamander, Eurycea wallacei (Caudata: Plethodontidae), in Georgia, U.S.A.: First Definitive Report of a Parasite from This Host

Chris T. McAllister; Charles R. Bursey; Danté Fenolio; Matthew L. Niemiller

doi:10.1654/4615.1

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Chris T. McAllister,^1,* Charles R. Bursey,² Danté Fenolio,³ Matthew L. Niemiller⁴

¹1 Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern Oklahoma State College, 2805 NE Lincoln Road, Idabel, Ok
²2 Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University-Shenango Campus, Sharon, Pennsylvania 16146,
³3 San Antonio zoo, 3903 St. Mary's street, San Antonio, Texas 78212, USA (e-mail: dante@anothe
⁴4 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, U.S

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

One of 4 Georgia blind salamanders (25%), Eurycea wallacei from Dougherty County, Georgia, U.S.A., were found to be infected in its small intestine with a Bothriocephalus sp. tapeworm; a single E. wallacei from Jackson County, Florida, U.S.A., was negative. Because the internal anatomy of this worm was immature, species identity was not possible. This is the first definitive report of any parasite from this G2 ranked (globally imperiled) host and a new distribution record for the genus.

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Chris T. McAllister, Charles R. Bursey, Danté Fenolio, and Matthew L. Niemiller "Bothriocephalus sp. (Cestoidea: Bothriocephalidae) from the Georgia Blind Salamander, Eurycea wallacei (Caudata: Plethodontidae), in Georgia, U.S.A.: First Definitive Report of a Parasite from This Host," Comparative Parasitology 80(2), 308-311, (1 July 2013). https://doi.org/10.1654/4615.1

Published: 1 July 2013

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