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Table 4 Number and percentage of positive snakes in regard to infestation with different endoparasites

From: Parasites in pet reptiles

SCIENTIFIC NAME OF ENDOPARASITES

(eggs and/or adults)

NUMBER (%) OF POSITIVE

SCIENTIFIC NAME

(NUMBER OF SNAKES)

Strongylid nematoda Figure 1

(Kalicephalus sp. and other unidentified species)

11 (20.4)

Elaphe guttata (4)

Platyceps karelini (3)

Zamenis longissimus (1)

Morelia viridis (1)

Python regius (1)

Vipera ammodytes (1)

Pentastomida Figures 2, 3, 4(Porocephalus crotali)

6 (11.1)

Platyceps karelini (3)

Platyceps ventromaculatus (1)

Python regius (1)

undetermined species (1)

Ascarid eggs

4 (7.4)

Platyceps karelini (2)

Platyceps ventromaculatus (1)

Python regius (1)

Strongyloides sp.

3 (5.6)

Morelia viridis (1)

Boiga trigonata (1)

undetermined species (1)

Capillaria sp.

2 (3.7)

Coronella austriaca (1)

Python regius (1)

Trematod eggs

2 (3.7)

Hierophis gemonensis (1)

Platyceps ventromaculatus (1)

Acanthocephala eggs

2 (3.7)

Platyceps karelini (1)

undetermined species (1)

Cryptosporidium sp. Figure 5

1 (1.9)

Elaphe guttata (1)

Cyclospora sp. Figures 6-and 7

1 (1.9)

Platyceps karelini (1)

Nyctotherus sp.

1 (1.9)

Platyceps karelini (1)

Oxyurid eggs

1 (1.9)

Platyceps karelini (1)

Trichomonadidae

(Tetratrichomonas sp.)

1 (1.8)

Eryx johnii (1)

Ophionyssus natricis Figure 8

1

Boa constrictor (1)

Amblyomma sp.

1

Python regius (1)