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- Title
First record of Porocephalus cf. clavatus (Pentastomida: Porocephalida) as a parasite on Bothrops asper (Squamata: Viperidae) in Costa Rica.
- Authors
Alvarado, G.; Sánchez-Monge, A.
- Abstract
Pentastomids are parasites that infect respiratory cavities of vertebrates, they are pretty common but poorly known in wildlife veterinary. A Bothrops asper snake (Garman, 1884) was captured in the Caribbean region of Costa Rica and had its lung infested with pentastomids, identified as ca Porocephalus clavatus (Wyman, 1845). This represents the first record of Porocephalus (Humboldt, 1812) on B. asper as well as P. cf. clavatus in Costa Rica. Further studies are needed to clarify their taxonomic position, images and scanning electron microscopy photographs (SEM) of the specimens are given.
- Subjects
COSTA Rica; POROCEPHALIDA; SNAKES; RESPIRATORY infections; PENTASTOMIDA; SCANNING electron microscopy; DISEASES
- Publication
Brazilian Journal of Biology, 2015, Vol 75, Issue 4, p854
- ISSN
1519-6984
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1519-6984.01414