Comparative parasitology of squamate reptiles endemic to scrub and sandhills communities of north-central Florida, U.S.A.

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 172-181

  Telford Jr , Sam R ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amebas; Coccidia; Eumeces egregius; Flagellates; Florida; Fossorial; Isospora neosepsorum; Kalicephalus inermis; Lizards; Nematodes; Neoseps reynoldsi; Parapharyngodon ocalaensis; Snakes; Tantilla relicta

Indexed keywords

AMPHISBAENIDAE; ASPIDOSCELIS SEXLINEATA; BITEGMEN; CARYOSPORA; CARYOSPORA RELICTAE; CARYOSPORA TANTILLAE; CESTODA; CNEMIDOPHORUS; CNEMIDOPHORUS SEXLINEATUS; COCCIDIA; COLUBRIDAE; EGREGIA; EIMERIA; EIMERIA AMPHORAE; EIMERIA EGREGIA; EIMERIA PLEISTOCENENSIS; EIMERIA SCINCELLAE; EUMECES; EUMECES EGREGIUS; EUMECES EGREGIUS ONOCREPIS; EUTROMBICULA; HARTMANNELLA; HEXAMASTIX; ISOSPORA; ISOSPORA NEOSEPSORUM; ISOSPORA WILSONI; KALICEPHALUS; KALICEPHALUS INERMIS; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); MONOCERCOMONAS COLUBRORUM; NEMATODA; NEOSEPS REYNOLDSI; PARADOLLFUSNEMA TELFORDI; PARAPHARYNGODON; PARAPHARYNGODON OCALAENSIS; PHRYNOSOMATINAE; PHYSALOPTERA; PROTEROMONAS; PROTEROMONAS LACERTAEVIRIDIS; REPTILIA; RETORTAMONAS; RETORTAMONAS SAURARUM; RHINEURA FLORIDANA; SAURIA; SCELOPORUS WOODI; SCINCELLA LATERALIS; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TANTILLA; TANTILLA RELICTA; TANTILLA RELICTA RELICTA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 0042573795     PISSN: 1049233X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4060     Document Type: Article

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