Helminth parasites of the grass snake, Natrix natrix, and the dice snake, Natrix tessellata (Serpentes : Colubridae), from Turkey
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2007-07
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Helminthological Society Washington
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Twenty-one grass snakes, Natrix natrix, and 24 dice Snakes, Natrix tessellata, from Turkey were examined for helminths. Natrix natrix harbored 5 species of Digenea: Astiotrema monticelli, Encyclometra colubrimutrorum, Macrodera longicollis. Paralepoderma cloacicola, and Telorchis assula; 2 species of Cestoda: Ophiotaenia europaea and Spirometra erinaceieuropae: and 2 species of Cetoda: Rhabdias fuscovenosa and larvae of Eustrongylides excisus. Natrix tessellata snakes harbored 1 species of Diggenea, Telorchis assula: 1 Species of Cestoda, Ophiotaenia europacu; and 2 species of Nematoda. Rhabdias fuscovenosa and larvae of Eustrongylides excisus. Turkey is a new locality record for A. monticelli, P. cloaciola. T. assida. O. europaea. S. erinaceieuropae. larvae of E. excisus and R. fuscovellosa.
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Macrodera longicollis, Astiotrema monticelli, Astiotrema, Cestoda, Encyclometra colubrimurorum, Eustrongylides, Digenea, Spirometra erinaceieuropae, Telorchis assula, Turkey, Ophiotaenia europaea, Natrix natrix, Natrix tessellata, Nematoda, Paralepoderma cloacicola, Rhabdias, Serpentes, Spirometra, Telorchis assula, Vermes, Ascaridoid nematodes, Amphibians, Reptiles
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Yıldırımhan, H. S. vd. (2007). "Helminth parasites of the grass snake, Natrix natrix, and the dice snake, Natrix tessellata (Serpentes : Colubridae), from Turkey". Comparative Parasitology, 74(2), 343-354.