First record of Crepidobothrium gerrardii (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) in Peru

Gómez-Puerta, Luis A.

doi:10.15381/rpb.v18i3.459

Rev peru biol

2011

DOI: 10.15381/rpb.v18i3.459

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First record of Crepidobothrium gerrardii (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) in Peru

Luis A. Gómez-Puerta

Abstract: ResumenSe registra por primera vez la presencia en el Perú del cestodo Crepidobothrium gerrardii parasitando el intestino de una boa constrictora (Boa constrictor) procedente del departamento de Loreto. Cuatro especímenes fueron estudiados e identificados como C. gerrardii. Palabras clave:Crepidobothrium gerrardii, cestodo, Boa constrictor, Perú. AbstractIt is the first record of cestode Crepidobothrium gerrardii in Peru, parasitizing the intestine of a boa constrictor (Boa constrictor) from Loreto. Four tapew… Show more

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A checklist of helminths associated with reptiles (Tetrapoda: Reptilia) from Peru

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An annotated checklist of the helminth parasites associated with reptiles from Peru is provided, as the result of a compilation of parasitological papers published between 1963 and January 2022 and records of species deposited in national and international collections. The list provides data on hosts, developmental stage, sites of infection, geographical distribution in Peruvian territory, code of material deposited in helminthological collections, references and taxonomic notes. The database includes records of 106 different species of helminth parasites (82 nominal species and 24 taxa identified at the generic level), the majority in the adult stage. These helminth parasites come from 18 of the 25 official Peruvian regions. Nematodes have the highest richness in number of species (79 species), followed by trematodes (17 species) and cestodes (nine species). The acanthocephalans are represented by only one species. The parasites with the highest number of records were Physaloptera retusa Rudolphi, 1819 (11 hosts), Physalopteroides venancioi (Lent, Freitas & Proença, 1946) (nine hosts), Strongyluris oscari Travassos, 1923 (seven hosts), and Parapharyngodon scleratus Travassos, 1923 (five hosts), all of which are nematodes. The 106 taxa of helminth parasites have been reported infecting 55 species of reptiles in Peru, distributed in 34 genera and 14 families. The reptile species harbouring the highest number of helminth parasites are the yellow-footed tortoise Chelonoidis denticulatus (Linnaeus) with 18 species (three trematodes and 15 nematodes), followed by the Peru desert tegu Dicrodon guttulatum Duméril & Bibron (Teiidae) with 11 species (three cestodes and eight nematodes) and the yellow-spotted Amazon River turtle Podocnemis unifilis Troschel (Podocnemididae) with 10 species (five trematodes and five nematodes). Of the 524 species of reptiles reported in Peru, only 55 (>10%) are reported as hosts of helminths representing a small proportion considering the great variety of reptile hosts that inhabit the various tropical and subtropical geographical areas of Peru.

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First record of Crepidobothrium gerrardii (Cestoda: Proteocephalidae) in Peru

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A checklist of helminths associated with reptiles (Tetrapoda: Reptilia) from Peru

A checklist of helminths associated with reptiles (Tetrapoda: Reptilia) from Peru

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