The first record of Kiricephalus pattoni Stephens, 1908 as a parasite of Lycodon ruhstrati ruhstrati Fischer, 1886 from Chiayi County, Taiwan

Gerrut Norval; Charles R. Bursey; Stephen R. Goldberg; Jean Jay Mao

The first record of Kiricephalus pattoni Stephens, 1908 as a parasite of Lycodon ruhstrati ruhstrati Fischer, 1886 from Chiayi County, Taiwan

Gerrut Norval, Charles R. Bursey, Stephen R. Goldberg, Jean Jay Mao

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Abstract

The pentastomid Kiricephalus pattoni is a fairly common parasite, which infects a variety of amphibians, lizards, and snakes in Australia, India, and South-east Asia. On the 15^th of August, 2008 an adult male Lycodon ruhstrati ruhstrati was collected from the outskirts of Chiayi City, central western Taiwan. After careful examination of the snake, it was found that it was infected by a K. pattoni nymph. This appears to be the first report of L. r. ruhstrati being a host of K. pattoni.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	79-80
Number of pages	2
Journal	Herpetology Notes
Volume	2
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Mountain wolf snake
Pentastome
Subcutaneous parasite

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The first record of Kiricephalus pattoni Stephens, 1908 as a parasite of Lycodon ruhstrati ruhstrati Fischer, 1886 from Chiayi County, Taiwan

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