Polydelphis anoura Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea: Ascaridae) from the White-lipped Island Pitviper, Trimeresurus insularis (Ophidia: Viperidae), from Wetar Island, Indonesia

Chris T. McAllister; Charles R. Bursey; Ruston Hartdegen

doi:10.1654/1525-2647-86.1.61

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Chris T. McAllister,^1,* Charles R. Bursey,² Ruston Hartdegen³

¹1 Science and Mathematics Division, Eastern Oklahoma State College, Idabel, Oklahoma 74745, U.S.A. (
²2 Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University-Shenango Campus, 147 Shenango Avenue, Sharon,
³3 Herpetology Department, Dallas Zoo, 650 South R.L. Thornton Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75203, U.S.A. (

^* Corresponding author.

Abstract

An imported white-lipped island pitviper, Trimeresurus insularis, originally collected from Wetar Island, Indonesia and held in quarantine and housed at the Dallas Zoo, U.S.A., unexpectedly died and was examined for gastrointestinal helminths. The pitviper harbored 6 female ascarid nematodes identified as Polydelphis anoura Dujardin, 1845. This snake is rarely examined and herein we report only the second record of any parasite from this host as well as a new distributional record for P. anoura.

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Chris T. McAllister, Charles R. Bursey, and Ruston Hartdegen "Polydelphis anoura Dujardin, 1845 (Nematoda: Ascaridoidea: Ascaridae) from the White-lipped Island Pitviper, Trimeresurus insularis (Ophidia: Viperidae), from Wetar Island, Indonesia," Comparative Parasitology 86(1), 61-64, (1 January 2019). https://doi.org/10.1654/1525-2647-86.1.61

Published: 1 January 2019

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