0157653 - PAU-O 20033040 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Šlapeta, Jan Roger - Modrý, David - Ashe, J. - Koudela, Břetislav
Description of Eimeria arabukosokokensis sp. n. (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Telescopus semiannulatus (Serpentes: Colubridae) with notes on eimerian coccidia from snakes of Eastern Kenya.
Folia Parasitologica. Roč. 50, č. 1 (2003), s. 23-30. ISSN 0015-5683. E-ISSN 1803-6465
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA524/00/P015
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z6022909
Keywords : Coccidia * Caryospora * Eimeria
Subject RIV: GJ - Animal Vermins ; Diseases, Veterinary Medicine
Impact factor: 0.469, year: 2003

Parasitological examination of faeces of 26 snakes kept in Bio-Ken Snake Farm, Watamu, Kenya revealed a new species Eimeria arabukosokokensis sp. n. in Telescopus semiannulatus Smith, 1849. Caryospora cf. regentensis Daszak et Ball, 2001 is reported from Dendroaspis angusticeps (Smith, 1849) and two additional forms of Caryospora Léger, 1904 are reported and morphologically characterised from a single specimen of Psammophis orientalis Broadley, 1977. Systematic status of Caryospora spp. in sub-Saharan Psammophis Boie, 1827 is discusses and all species reported by various authors to date are suggested to be treated as species inquirendae until more detailed data on these parasites and their hosts are available.
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