Figure 3

Different parasite stages found in snakes faecal samples identified either by CNF- (left) or SAF-technique (right). Sarcocystis spp. sporocysts and a digenean trematode egg (middle) within a direct smear of a Green Python (Morelia viridis) A2) Sarcocystis spp. sporocysts, a digenean trematode egg (top) and a strongyle egg (Kalicephalus-/Herpetostrongylus-like; bottom) from a Green Python (Morelia viridis). B1) Charasteristic egg cluster (Kapsulotaenia spp.) within a direct smear of a Green Python (Morelia viridis) B2) characteristic egg cluster (Kapsulotaenia spp.) in a Green Python (Morelia viridis) C1) Eimeria spp. oocyst (rodent-specific ‘pseudoparasite’, only transiting the intestinal tract; top) and Capillaria (Syn. Ophidiocapillaria) spp. egg within a flotation of a Green Python (Morelia viridis) C2) Eimeria spp. oocyst (rodent-specific ‘pseudoparasite’, only transiting the intestinal tract; bottom) and Capillaria (Syn. Ophidiocapillaria) spp. egg in a Royal python (Python regius) D1) Three heterakid eggs (on left) and a mite egg (Myocoptes-musculinus-like; middle; rodent-specific fur mite egg transiting the digestive tract) within a flotation of a Green Python (Morelia viridis) D2) unidentified egg resembling Acanthocephala spp. eggs in a Green Python (Morelia viridis).