Sarcocystis stenodactylicolubris n. sp., a new sarcosporldlan coccidium with a snake-gecko heteroxenous life cycle

Parasite

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 201-207

  Modrý, David ^a,b   Koudela, B ^a,b   Slapeta J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Gecko; Life cycle; Sarcocystis stenodactylicolubris n. sp; Snake

Indexed keywords

COLUBER; COLUBER NAJADUM; COLUBRIDAE; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; PTYODACTYLUS; PTYODACTYLUS GUTTATUS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS SP.; SARCOSPORIDIA; SERPENTES; STENODACTYLUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; COCCIDIOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; LIZARD; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SARCOCYSTIS; SNAKE;

ANIMALS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIZARDS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SNAKES;

EID: 0034263629     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2000073201     Document Type: Article

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