A New Host Record for Mesocestoides sp. (Cestoidea: Cyclophyllidea: Mesocestoididae) from a Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus (Ophidia: Colubridae) in Arkansas, U.S.A

Chris T. McAllister; Stanley E. Trauth; Michael V. Plummer

doi:10.1654/4604.1

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Chris T. McAllister,^1,* Stanley E. Trauth,² Michael V. Plummer³

¹1 Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern Oklahoma State College, 2805 NE Lincoln Road, Idabel, Ok
²2 Department of Biological Sciences, Arkansas State University, State University, Arkansas 72467, U.
³3 Department of Biology, Harding University, Searcy, Arkansas 72143, U.S.A.(e-mail: plummer@ha

^*Corresponding author.

Abstract

Twenty-one adult rough green snakes Opheodrys aestivus (Ophidia: Colubridae) were collected during 2010 and 2012 from Montgomery (n = 1) and White (n = 20) counties, Arkansas, U.S.A., and examined for helminths. A single O. aestivus (5%) harbored a massive infection of Mesocestoides sp. This represents a new host record for Mesocestoides sp., and 1 of the rare instances that O. aestivus has been reported to harbor any parasite.

The Helminthological Society of Washington

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Chris T. McAllister, Stanley E. Trauth, and Michael V. Plummer "A New Host Record for Mesocestoides sp. (Cestoidea: Cyclophyllidea: Mesocestoididae) from a Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus (Ophidia: Colubridae) in Arkansas, U.S.A," Comparative Parasitology 80(1), 130-133, (1 January 2013). https://doi.org/10.1654/4604.1

Published: 1 January 2013

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