Species Ophidascaris pyrrhus Johnston & Mawson, 1942

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• Ophidascaris pyrrhus Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1942. The Gallard collection of parasitic nematodes in the Australian Museum. Records of the Australian Museum 21(2): 110-115 [112].

  Type data:

   Paratype(s) SAMA AHC2271 Vial, Narara, New South Wales.

  Type host:

   Pseudechis porphyriacus (Shaw, 1794) [ELAPIDAE]

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Echiopsis curta (Schlegel, 1837) [ELAPIDAE] Bardick; Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859) [ELAPIDAE] Black-bellied Swamp Snake; Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Schlegel, 1837) [ELAPIDAE] Broad-headed Snake; Pseudonaja textilis (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) [ELAPIDAE] Common Brown Snake; Tropidonophis mairii (J.E. Gray, 1841) [COLUBRIDAE] Freshwater Snake; Cacophis squamulosus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) [ELAPIDAE] Golden-crowned Snake; Varanus rosenbergi Mertens, 1957 [VARANIDAE] Heath Monitor; Pseudechis australis (J.E. Gray, 1842) [ELAPIDAE] King Brown Snake; Suta punctata (Boulenger, 1896) [ELAPIDAE] Little Spotted Snake; Austrelaps superbus (Günther, 1858) [ELAPIDAE] Lowland Copperhead; Demansia olivacea (J.E. Gray, 1842) [ELAPIDAE] Marble-headed Whipsnake; Pseudonaja nuchalis Günther, 1858 [ELAPIDAE] Northern Brown Snake; Hoplocephalus bitorquatus (Jan, 1859) [ELAPIDAE] Pale-headed Snake; Pseudechis porphyriacus (Shaw, 1794) [ELAPIDAE] Red-bellied Black Snake; Pseudonaja modesta (Günther, 1872) [ELAPIDAE] Ringed Brown Snake; Tropidechis carinatus (Krefft, 1863) [ELAPIDAE] Rough-scaled Snake; Hoplocephalus stephensii Krefft, 1869 [ELAPIDAE] Stephens' Banded Snake; Notechis scutatus (Peters, 1861) [ELAPIDAE] Tiger Snake; Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837) [ELAPIDAE] Yellow-faced Whip Snake; Demansia atra [ELAPIDAE]; Notechis ater [ELAPIDAE]; Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens [ELAPIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite of tadpole (experimental infection) and frog.

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