Helminth parasites of four species of aquatic snakes from two habitats in southeastern Louisiana

Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-75

  Fontenot, Lance W ^a,b   Font, William F ^a  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Terra Consulting Group   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthocephala; Agkistrodon piscivorus; Cestoda; Helminths; Louisiana; Nematoda; Nerodia spp; Snakes; Survey; Trematoda

Indexed keywords

AGKISTRODON PISCIVORUS; NERODIA SPP.;

EID: 0030049080     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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