Two new tropical colubrid snake hosts for the pentastomid worm, Kiricephalus coarctatus (Pentastomida: Porocephalidae) from Panama

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 277-280

  Montgomery, Chad E ^a   Goldberg, Stephen R ^b   Bursey, Charles R ^c   Lips, Karen R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUBRIDAE; KIRICEPHALUS; PENTASTOMIDA; POROCEPHALIDAE;

EID: 33749991816     PISSN: 00404403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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