An imported white-lipped island pitviper, Trimeresurus insularis, originally collected from Wetar Island, Indonesia and held in quarantine and housed at the Dallas Zoo, U.S.A., unexpectedly died and was examined for gastrointestinal helminths. The pitviper harbored 6 female ascarid nematodes identified as Polydelphis anoura Dujardin, 1845. This snake is rarely examined and herein we report only the second record of any parasite from this host as well as a new distributional record for P. anoura.
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1 January 2019
Polydelphis anoura Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea: Ascaridae) from the White-lipped Island Pitviper, Trimeresurus insularis (Ophidia: Viperidae), from Wetar Island, Indonesia
Chris T. McAllister,
Charles R. Bursey,
Ruston Hartdegen
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Comparative Parasitology
Vol. 86 • No. 1
January 2019
Vol. 86 • No. 1
January 2019
Ascaridae
Dallas Zoo
Indonesia
Nematoda
Trimeresurus insularis
Wetar Island
white-lipped island pitviper