High Infection Level of a Snake, Xenodon merremii (Wagler in Spix, 1824) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), with Serpentirhabdias cf. vellardi (Pereira, 1928) (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) in Brazil

Enzo Emmerich; Drausio Honorio Morais; Reinaldo José da Silva

doi:10.1654/1525-2647-85.2.197

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Enzo Emmerich,¹ Drausio Honorio Morais,² Reinaldo José da Silva^1,*

¹1 Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Botucatu, Rua Prof. Dr. Antonio
²2 Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia (UFRA), PA 275, Km 13, Zona Rural, CEP 68.515-000, Parauape

^*Corresponding author (e-mail: reinaldo.silva@unesp.br).

Abstract

One Xenodon merremii specimen was reported with a high number of a rhabdiasid nematodes in the lungs. The snake died shortly after its arrival in our laboratory after capture in the municipality of São Manuel, São Paulo State, Brazil. Necropsy revealed the presence of 13,526 nematodes, which we identified as Serpentirhabdias cf. vellardi, infecting the snake's lungs. A detailed morphological characterization of this nematode species and a discussion of the known cases of infection with Serpentirhabdias spp. are presented.

The Helminthological Society of Washington

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Enzo Emmerich, Drausio Honorio Morais, and Reinaldo José da Silva "High Infection Level of a Snake, Xenodon merremii (Wagler in Spix, 1824) (Serpentes: Dipsadidae), with Serpentirhabdias cf. vellardi (Pereira, 1928) (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) in Brazil," Comparative Parasitology 85(2), 197-201, (1 July 2018). https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-85.2.197

Published: 1 July 2018

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