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Table 1 Species and zoo location of reptiles sampled in the study to investigate the prevalence of Salmonella spp. in captive reptile species in Norway

From: Prevalence of Salmonella serovars isolated from reptiles in Norwegian zoos

Suborder

Family

Species

 

No. of reptiles

Zoo A

Zoo B

Zoo C

Total

Cryptodira

Testudinidae

Leopard tortoise

Stigmochelys pardalis

2

  

2

Hermann’s tortoise

Testudo hermanni

1

2

 

3

Russian tortoise

Testudo horsfieldii

3

  

3

Emydidae

Red-eared slider

Trachemys scripta elegans

16

 

4

20

Yellow-bellied slider

Trachemys scripta scripta

5

 

2

7

   

No. of chelonians

27

2

6

35

Iguania

Iguanidae

Green iguana

Iguana iguana

2

1

 

3

Agamidae

Central bearded dragon

Pogona viticeps

 

2

2

4

Chamaeleonidae

Panther chameleon

Furcifer pardalis

  

1

1

Scincomorpha

Lacertidae

Ocellated lizard

Timon lepidus

  

3

3

Scincidae

Blue-tongue skink

Tiliqua nigrolutea

 

1

3

4

   

No. of lizards

2

4

9

15

Serpentes

Boidae

Common boa

Boa constrictor

2

3

1

6

Cuban boa

Chilabothrus angulifer

 

1

 

1

Rainbow boa

Epicrates cenchria

 

1

 

1

Colubridae

Corn snake

Pantherophis guttatus

2

2

 

4

California kingsnake

Lampropeltis getula californiae

1

1

1

3

Hognose

Heterodon nasicus

 

2

3

5

Pythonidae

Royal python

Python regius

1

8

8

17

Carpet python

Morelia spilota

1

2

3

6

Indian python

Python molurus

1

3

1

5

Angolan python

Python anchietae

 

2

 

2

Green tree python

Morelia viridis

  

1

1

Spotted python

Antaresia maculosa

 

2

 

2

   

No. of snakes

8

27

18

53

   

No. of reptiles from each zoo

37

33

33

103

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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147