First species of Ophiotaenia (Cestoda: Proteocephalidea) from Madagascar: O. Georgievi sp. N., a parasite of the endemic snake Leioheterodon geayi (Colubridae)

Folia Parasitologica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 197-205

  Chambrier, Alain De ^a   Ammann, Morgane ^a,b   Scholz, Tomáš ^c  

^a MUSÉUM D HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Eucestoda; Helminths; Morphology; Ophidia; Ophiotaenia georgievi; Proteocephalidea

Indexed keywords

CESTODA; COLUBRIDAE; EUCESTODA; ITHYCYPHUS MINIATUS; LEIOHETERODON GEAYI; OPHIOTAENIA; PROTEOCEPHALIDEA; PROTEOCEPHALINAE; SERPENTES; VERMES;

EID: 77957603798     PISSN: 00155683     EISSN: 18036465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14411/fp.2010.026     Document Type: Article

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