Glossidiella peruensis sp. nov., a new digenean (Plagiorchiida: Plagiorchiidae) from the lung of the brown ground snake Atractus major (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from Peru

Huancachoque, Eva G.; Sáez, Gloria; Cruces, Celso; Mendoza, Carlos Mucching; Luque, José L.; Chero, Jhon

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“…Atractus major (type host); adult; lung; San Martin (6°11′S, 76°50′W) (type locality) (holotype, MUSM-HEL 4029; paratypes, MUSM-HEL 4030a–f) (Huancachoque et al , 2020).…”

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“…The nematode Pharyngodon micrurus Freitas & Ibañez, 1963 was the first helminth species described from reptiles in Peru and was found in the intestine of the desert tegu D. heterolepis (Tschudi) in La Libertad (Freitas & Ibañez, 1963). Since then, 15 new species of helminths (three trematodes, two cestodes and nine nematodes) have been described infecting reptiles from Peru with Glossidiella peruensis Huancachoque et al , 2020 being the most recent species described (Huancachoque et al , 2020).…”

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“…They also act as seed dispersers and their presence indicates good ecosystem health (Klemens & Thorbjarnarson, 1995;Benítez-Malvido et al, 2003;Castro & Galetti, 2004;Stevenson & Guzmán, 2008). One of their ecological roles involves serving as hosts to a range of parasitic helminths with both direct and indirect life cycles, contributing to their population dynamics and community structure (Fernandes & Kohn, 2014;Gómez-Puerta et al, 2017;Huancachoque et al, 2020).…”

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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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“…Atractus major (type host); adult; lung; San Martin (6°11′S, 76°50′W) (type locality) (holotype, MUSM-HEL 4029; paratypes, MUSM-HEL 4030a–f) (Huancachoque et al , 2020).…”

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Four new species of Anenterotrema Stunkard, 1938 (Digenea: Dicrocoellidae) infecting phyllostomid bats in the Peruvian Amazon

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Zamora

et al. 2023

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Metazoan endoparasites of snakes from Argentina: Review and checklist with distributional notes and remarks

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Ulibarrie,

Hamann

et al. 2024

J. Helminthol.

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This article presents a checklist of metazoan parasites of snakes from Argentina, along with a comprehensive review of the relevant literature published between 1922 and June 2023, covering various aspects of interest. We compiled 34 species of metazoan endoparasites from 28 studies. The subclass Digenea showed the highest number of species (n = 22 species), followed by the phylum Nematoda (n = 8 species), and the subclass Pentastomida (n = 3 species and 1 taxa inquirenda). Dipsadidae was the family of snakes with the most species examined for metazoan endoparasites (n = 20 species). In contrast, Viperidae had the largest number of specimens surveyed (n = 343). Of 23 provinces, 15 (65.2%) presented at least one report of metazoan endoparasites in snakes. The northeastern provinces showed the highest richness of metazoan endoparasites and host diversity. Many articles focused on taxonomy, but studies on parasite ecology were not found. Although taxonomic accuracy was high in most reports, some records were correctly deposited in zoological collections or geo-referenced. This is the first attempt to include all groups of metazoan endoparasites of snakes from Argentina in a single checklist in the last century.

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Glossidiella peruensis sp. nov., a new digenean (Plagiorchiida: Plagiorchiidae) from the lung of the brown ground snake Atractus major (Serpentes: Dipsadidae) from 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

Four new species of Anenterotrema Stunkard, 1938 (Digenea: Dicrocoellidae) infecting phyllostomid bats in the Peruvian Amazon

Metazoan endoparasites of snakes from Argentina: Review and checklist with distributional notes and remarks

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