Helminth parasites of the grass snake, Natrix natrix, and the dice snake, Natrix tessellata (Serpentes: Colubridae), from Turkey

Comparative Parasitology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-354

  Yildirimhan, Hikmet S ^a   Bursey, Charles R ^b   Goldberg, Stephen R ^c  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WHITTIER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astiotrema monticelli; Cestoda; Colubridae; Digenea; Encyclometra colubrimurorum; Macrodera longicollis; Natrix natrix; Natrix tessellata; Nematoda; Ophiotaenia europaea; Paralepoderma cloacicola; Spirometra erinaceieuropae; Telorchis assula; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ASTIOTREMA; CESTODA; COLUBRIDAE; ENCYCLOMETRA COLUBRIMURORUM; EUSTRONGYLIDES; MACRODERA LONGICOLLIS; NATRIX NATRIX; NATRIX TESSELLATA; NEMATODA; OPHIOTAENIA EUROPAEA; PARALEPODERMA CLOACICOLA; RHABDIAS; SERPENTES; SPIROMETRA; TELORCHIS ASSULA; VERMES;

EID: 34547776843     PISSN: 15252647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1654/4285.1     Document Type: Article

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