Ophiotaenia ophiodex and Ophidascaris sp. in a Spotted Night Adder (Causus maculatus) from Cameroon, West Africa

Chris T. McAllister; Paul S. Freed; Deborah A. Freed

doi:10.7589/0090-3558-28.4.641

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1 October 1992 Ophiotaenia ophiodex and Ophidascaris sp. in a Spotted Night Adder (Causus maculatus) from Cameroon, West Africa

Chris T. McAllister, Paul S. Freed, Deborah A. Freed

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J. of Wildlife Diseases, 28(4):641-642 (1992). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-28.4.641

Abstract

A new host and geographic locality record is reported for a proteocephalid cestode (Ophiotaenia ophiodex) and an ascarid nematode (Ophidascaris sp.) recovered from a spotted night adder (Causus maculatus) from Cameroon, West Africa.

McAllister, Freed, and Freed: Ophiotaenia ophiodex and Ophidascaris sp. in a Spotted Night Adder (Causus maculatus) from Cameroon, West Africa

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Chris T. McAllister, Paul S. Freed, and Deborah A. Freed "Ophiotaenia ophiodex and Ophidascaris sp. in a Spotted Night Adder (Causus maculatus) from Cameroon, West Africa," Journal of Wildlife Diseases 28(4), 641-642, (1 October 1992). https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-28.4.641

Received: 3 February 1992; Published: 1 October 1992

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