Species Caryospora demansiae Cannon, 1967

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• Caryospora demansiae Cannon, L.R.G. 1967. Caryospora demansiae sp. nov. (Sporozoa: Eimeriidae) from the Australian snake Demansia psammophis (Elapidae). Parasitology 57: 221-226.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837) [ELAPIDAE] Yellow-faced Whip Snake (faeces, intestine)).

Associated Fauna References

Cannon, L.R.G. 1967. Caryospora demansiae sp. nov. (Sporozoa: Eimeriidae) from the Australian snake Demansia psammophis (Elapidae). Parasitology 57: 221-226 (Demansia psammophis)

Duszynski, D.W. & Upton, S.J. 2009. The Biology of the Coccidia (Apicomplexa) of Snakes of the World. Charleston, USA 422 pp. (Demansia psammophis)

Upton, S.J., Current, W.L. & Barnard, S.M. 1986. A review of the genus Caryospora Leger, 1904 (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae). Systematic Parasitology 8: 3-21 (Demansia psammophis)

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