Comparative parasitology of squamate reptiles endemic to scrub and sandhills communities of north-central Florida, USA

被引:16
作者
Telford, SR [1 ]
Bursey, CR
机构
[1] Univ Florida, Florida Museum Nat Hist, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA
[2] Penn State Univ, Dept Biol, Sharon, PA 16146 USA
关键词
Neoseps reynoldsi; Eumeces egregius; Tantilla relicta; Isospora neosepsorum; Parapharyngodon ocalaensis; Kaliccphalus inermis; lizards; snakes; flagellates; amebas; coccidia; nematodes; fossorial; Florida;
D O I
10.1654/4060
中图分类号
R38 [医学寄生虫学]; Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ; 100103 ;
摘要
The comparative parasitology of endemic, primarily fossorial squamate reptiles of xeric habitats in Florida, U.S.A., is described, largely based on live-trapping studies in Ocala National Forest, Marion County, Florida, from 1992 through 1998. Nineteen new host records (*) are reported, and a new species of Isospora is described. Neoseps reynoldsi (Scincidae) is host to Eimeria egregia*, Isospora neosepsorum n. sp.*, probably 2 species of Hartmannella, Parapharyngodon ocalaensis, and Eutrombicula* sp.; Eumeces egregius onocrepis (Scincidae) is parasitized by Proteromonas lacertaeviridis*, Monocercomonas colubrorum*, Retortamonas saurarum, E. egregia. Hartmannella spp.*, P. ocalaensis*, and Eutrombicula* sp.; Tantilla relicta relicta (Colubridae) is host to P. lacertaeviridis*, M. colubrorum*, R. saurarum*, Hartmannella spp., Eimeria pleistocenensis, E. amphorae, Eimeria sp., Isospora wilsoni, Caryospora tantillae, C. relictae, Kalicephalus inermis*, and P. ocalaensis*; Sceloporus woodi (Phrynosomatidae) is parasitized by M. colubrorum*, P. lacertaeviridis, R. saururum*, a possible Hexamastix species, and Eutrombicula* sp.; Rhineura floridana (Amphisbaenidae) is the host of Paradol fusnenia telfordi. Other saurian species examined. not endemic to the sandhills community, were Cnemidophorus sexlineatus (Teiidae), host to P. lacertaeviridis, M. colubrorum, R. saurarum, larval Physaloptera sp., and Eutrombicula* sp., and Scincella lateralis (Scincidae), parasitized by Eimeria scincellae, Hartmannella spp.*, and a cestode, Bitegmen sp.*
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页码:172 / 181
页数:10
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