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1 November 2023 Endoparasites of the Corn Snake, Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus) (Squamata: Colubridae) from North Carolina, U.S.A.
James R. Flowers, Jeffery C. Beane
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Abstract

Twenty-four specimens of Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus) (corn snake) from North Carolina were examined for endoparasites. Fourteen species of helminths (2 cestodes, 10 nematodes, 2 acanthocephalans) and 1 pentastome are reported, representing 14 new host records and 1 new geographic distribution record. No trematodes were found, and the salvaged tapeworms were morphologically unidentifiable. Capillaria colubra, at 63%, was the most prevalent helminth, followed by Strongyloides serpentis and immature physalopterid larvae, each at 29%. Two uncommon finds for North Carolina snakes were the pentastome, Porocephalus crotali, and the trichostrongylid nematode, Oswaldocruzia sp.

James R. Flowers and Jeffery C. Beane "Endoparasites of the Corn Snake, Pantherophis guttatus (Linnaeus) (Squamata: Colubridae) from North Carolina, U.S.A.," Comparative Parasitology 90(2), 89-94, (1 November 2023). https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-90.2.89
Published: 1 November 2023
KEYWORDS
Acanthocephala
Cestoda
Colubridae
corn snake
Elaphe guttata
helminths
Nematoda
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