1978
DOI: 10.1139/z78-241
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Overwintering of helminths in the garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis)

Abstract: 1978.Overwintering of helminths in the garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis). Can. J . Zool. 56: 1765-1767. The overwintering of helminths in the garter snake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) was studied. The hypobiosis of the host was not accompanied by significant changes in the prevalence or the intensity of infection of the trematodes Zeugorchis aequatus and Lechriorchis primus, the mesocercariae of Alaria sp., or the nematode Rhabdias sp. There is evidence to suggest that some species continue their d… Show more

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“…Other factors that may affect sperm quality and quantity, such as parasite loads and intrinsic resistance and tolerance of parasites (e.g., Liljedal, Folstad & Skarstein, , Måsvaer, Liljedal & Folstad, ) deserve immediate investigation. Males of this species harbor multiple genera of helminth parasites including trematodes that are found in close association with the gonads and fat stores (Rau & Gordon, ; Uhrig, pers. comm.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Other factors that may affect sperm quality and quantity, such as parasite loads and intrinsic resistance and tolerance of parasites (e.g., Liljedal, Folstad & Skarstein, , Måsvaer, Liljedal & Folstad, ) deserve immediate investigation. Males of this species harbor multiple genera of helminth parasites including trematodes that are found in close association with the gonads and fat stores (Rau & Gordon, ; Uhrig, pers. comm.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They are also found in scincid, gekkonid, anguid and varanid lizards. Furthermore, Cylindrotaenia americana has been recorded from the turtle Trionyx spinifera in the USA (McKnight, 1959) and one unidentified species of Cylindrotaenia has been recorded from a colubrid snake, Thamnophis s. sirtalis in Canada (Rau & Gordon, 1978). The snake readily eats frogs (J. C. Pearson, personal communication) and may have acquired infection accidentally.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…149). A member of this group may also occur in colubrid snakes (Rau & Gordon, 1978). The second, the C. criniae group, parasitizes leptodactylid and hylid frogs, and scincid and gekkonid lizards in the Australasian region (Fig.…”
Section: Cylindrotaeniamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Infection by Alaria spp. have been frequently noted for a number of Thamnophis species including T. sirtalis (Rau and Gordon 1978; Goldberg and Bursey 2002; Jiménez-Ruiz, García-Prieto, and De León 2009). In red-sided garter snakes, necropsies have revealed the vast majority of Alaria spp.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%