The Nematode Genus Rhabdias (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Amphibians and Reptiles of the Nearctic

Serpentirhabdias dubielzigin. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Captive-Bred Ball Pythons,Python regius(Serpentes: Pythonidae) in the United States

“…Species of Rhabdias, which are morphologically similar to Serpentirhabdias, are parasites of amphibians and do not infect snakes (Chu, 1936;Baker, 1979, Kuzmin et al, 2003Langford and Janovy, 2009;Kuzmin, 2013;Langford and Janovy, 2013). Serpentirhabdias species reported from the Nearctic have not been reported in the Palearctic, and those from the Palearctic have not been reported in the Nearctic (Kuzmin, 2013); the exception is S. fuscovenosa, which has been reported from the Holarctic (Kuzmin, 2013).…”

“…The major distinctions between genera in the family are cuticular or cephalic inflation or ornamentation, size of the buccal cavity, and the presence or absence of small teeth (onchia) on the internal wall of the buccal cavity. Within the Rhabdiasidae, the members of the genus Rhabdias and Serpentirhabdias are characterized by the lack of cuticular or anterior ornamentation and the lack of onchia in the buccal capsule (Baker, 1980;Hasegawa, 1989;Kuzmin et al, 2003;Lhermitte-Vallarino et al, 2005;Kuzmin, 2013;Tkach et al 2014). Species of Rhabdias from amphibians have not been found to infect reptiles (Chu, 1936;Baker, 1979, Kuzmin et al, 2003Langford and Janovy, 2009;Kuzmin, 2013, Langford andJanovy, 2013).…”

Comparative Life Cycles and Life Histories of North American Rhabdias Spp. (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae): Lungworms from Snakes and Anurans

“…Host specificity problems were avoided by matching host species with appropriate Rhabdias spp. based on natural infections reported by Kuzmin et al (2003) or found during this study. All experimental infection protocols used the following exposure combinations, B. woodhousii and Rh.…”

“…Representative specimens were cleared and temporarily mounted in glycerol for identification (Prichard and Kruse, 1982). All lungworms were identified according to Kuzmin et al (2003).…”

Rhabdias paraensis sp. nov.: a parasite of the lungs of Rhinella marina (Amphibia: Bufonidae) from Brazilian Amazonia

“…The external morphology of some Rhabdias species has been analyzed using SEM, including R. kuzmini (Martinez-Salazar & León-Règagnon 2007), R. alabialis, R. pseudosphaerocephala, R. sphaerocephala (Kuzmin et al 2007), Rhabdias joaquinensis, Rhabdias eustreptos (Kuzmin et al 2003), Rhabdias bakeri, Rhabdias ranae (Tkach et al 2006), Rhabdias leonae (Martinez-Salazar 2006), and Rhabdias manantlanensis (Martinez-Salazar 2008). In R. paraensis sp.…”