Publicação: Helminths infecting the black false boa Pseudoboa nigra (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in northeastern Brazil
dc.contributor.author | Matias, Cicera Silvilene L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Ferreira-Silva, Cristiana [UNESP] | |
dc.contributor.author | Sousa, Jose Guilherme G. | |
dc.contributor.author | Avila, Robson W. | |
dc.contributor.institution | Univ Reg Cariri | |
dc.contributor.institution | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) | |
dc.contributor.institution | Univ Fed Ceara | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-04T12:34:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-04T12:34:50Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-12-01 | |
dc.description.abstract | Knowledge about endoparasites of snakes is essential to understand the ecology of both parasites and hosts. Herein, we present information on helminths parasitizing the black false boa Pseudoboa nigra in northeastern Brazil. We examined 32 specimens from five Brazilian states (Ceara, Piaui, Pernambuco, Maranhao and Rio Grande do Norte). We found six helminths taxa: two acanthocephalans (Acanthocephalus sp. and Oligacanthorhychus sp.), three nematodes (Hexametra boddaertii, Physaloptera sp. and Physalopteroides venancioi), and one cestode (Ophiotaenia sp.). All parasites are reported for the first time infecting P. nigra, providing relevant information on infection patterns in this snake. | en |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ Reg Cariri, Dept Quim Biol, Lab Herpetol, Campus Pimenta, BR-63105000 Crato, CE, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ Estadual Paulista, Programa Posgrad Ciencias Biol Zool, Dept Parasitol, Inst Biociencias, BR-18080970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliation | Univ Fed Ceara, Dept Ciencias Biol, Programa Posgrad Ecol & Recursos Nat, Campus Univ Pici, BR-60021970 Fortaleza, CE, Brazil | |
dc.description.affiliationUnesp | Univ Estadual Paulista, Programa Posgrad Ciencias Biol Zool, Dept Parasitol, Inst Biociencias, BR-18080970 Botucatu, SP, Brazil | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) | |
dc.description.sponsorshipId | CNPq: 303622/2015-6 | |
dc.description.sponsorshipId | CNPq: 121944/2017-4 | |
dc.description.sponsorshipId | CNPq: 140871/2017-9 | |
dc.description.sponsorshipId | CNPq: 440511/2015-1 | |
dc.description.sponsorshipId | CNPq: 5574685/2017 | |
dc.description.sponsorshipId | CNPq: 88882.156872/2016-01 | |
dc.format.extent | 171-175 | |
dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-23366 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Acta Herpetologica. Firenze: Firenze Univ Press, v. 13, n. 2, p. 171-175, 2018. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-23366 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1827-9635 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11449/185357 | |
dc.identifier.wos | WOS:000456816500009 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Firenze Univ Press | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Acta Herpetologica | |
dc.rights.accessRights | Acesso aberto | |
dc.source | Web of Science | |
dc.subject | Acanthocephala | |
dc.subject | Cestoda | |
dc.subject | Nematoda | |
dc.subject | Reptilia | |
dc.subject | snake | |
dc.title | Helminths infecting the black false boa Pseudoboa nigra (Squamata: Dipsadidae) in northeastern Brazil | en |
dc.type | Artigo | |
dcterms.rightsHolder | Firenze Univ Press | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
unesp.campus | Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Botucatu | pt |
unesp.department | Parasitologia - IBB | pt |