The life-cycle and ultrastructure of Sarcocystis ameivamastigodryasi n. sp., in the lizard Ameiva ameiva (Teiidae) and the snake Mastigodryas bifossatus (Colubridae)

Parasite

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 263-274

  Lainson, R ^a   Paperna, I ^b  

^a INSTITUTO EVANDRO CHAGAS   (Brazil)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ameiva ameiva; Boa c. constrictor; Brazil; Epicrates c. cenchria; Kentropyx calcarata; Lizards; Mastigodryas bifossatus; Mastigodryas boddaerti; Sarcocystis ameivamastigodryasi n. sp; Snakes; Transmission

Indexed keywords

AMEIVA AMEIVA; BOA; BOA CONSTRICTOR CONSTRICTOR; BOIDAE; COLUBRIDAE; EPICRATES; HENOPHIDIA; KENTROPYX CALCARATA; MASTIGODRYAS; MASTIGODRYAS BODDAERTI; SARCOCYSTIS; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COCCIDIOSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE; LIZARD; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SARCOCYSTIS; SNAKE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; COLUBRIDAE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIZARDS; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

EID: 0034566614     PISSN: 1252607X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/parasite/2000074263     Document Type: Article

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