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- Title
Hepatozoon cevapii (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) in the Thamnodynastes lanei snake (Colubridae, Tachymenini) from the Eastern Amazon, Brazil.
- Authors
de Paula, Fabiane Rocha; Picelli, Amanda Maria; da Silva, Maria Regina Lucas; Correa, Jamille Karina Coelho; Viana, Lúcio André
- Abstract
The aim of the present study was to verify the occurrence of hemogregarines in the colubrid snake Thamnodynastes lanei from the eastern Amazon region of Brazil. Intraerythrocytic gamonts with mean dimensions of 14.8 ± 1.8 × 4.0 ± 0.7 μm and encapsulated gamonts with mean dimensions of 15.3 ± 1.1 × 4.8 ± 0.5 μm were observed. Through morphological and molecular data based on the partial 18S rDNA gene, the parasite was identified as Hepatozoon cevapii, originally described in the viperid snake Crotalus durissus terrificus from the southeast region of Brazil. Thus, the findings of the present study extend the geographic range of H. cevapii and provide novel Hepatozoon–snake associations.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; COLUBRIDAE; SNAKES; APICOMPLEXA; CROTALUS; RECOMBINANT DNA
- Publication
Parasitology Research, 2021, Vol 120, Issue 8, p2981
- ISSN
0932-0113
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00436-021-07218-4