Hepatozoon cevapii (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) in the Thamnodynastes lanei snake (Colubridae, Tachymenini) from the Eastern Amazon, Brazil
| Autor: | Jamille Karina Coelho Correa, Lúcio André Viana, Maria Regina Lucas da Silva, Fabiane Rocha de Paula, Amanda Maria Picelli |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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General Veterinary biology Amazon rainforest Colubridae Zoology General Medicine biology.organism_classification Crotalus durissus terrificus Hepatozoidae Apicomplexa Hepatozoon Infectious Diseases food Eucoccidiida Insect Science parasitic diseases Parasite hosting Animals Parasitology Thamnodynastes Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Parasitology research. 120(8) |
| ISSN: | 1432-1955 |
| Popis: | The aim of the present study was to verify the occurrence of hemogregarines in the colubrid snake Thamnodynastes lanei from the eastern Amazon region of Brazil. Intraerythrocytic gamonts with mean dimensions of 14.8 ± 1.8 × 4.0 ± 0.7 μm and encapsulated gamonts with mean dimensions of 15.3 ± 1.1 × 4.8 ± 0.5 μm were observed. Through morphological and molecular data based on the partial 18S rDNA gene, the parasite was identified as Hepatozoon cevapii, originally described in the viperid snake Crotalus durissus terrificus from the southeast region of Brazil. Thus, the findings of the present study extend the geographic range of H. cevapii and provide novel Hepatozoon–snake associations. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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