Species Caryospora dendrelaphis Cannon & Rzepczyk, 1974

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• Caryospora dendrelaphis Cannon, L.R.G. & Rzepczyk, C.M. 1974. A new species of Caryospora Leger, 1904 (Sporozoa: Eimeriidae) from an Australian snake. Parasitology 69: 197-200.

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): Dendrelaphis punctulata (Gray, 1826) [COLUBRIDAE] Common Tree Snake (faeces)).

Associated Fauna References

Cannon, L.R.G. & Rzepczyk, C.M. 1974. A new species of Caryospora Leger, 1904 (Sporozoa: Eimeriidae) from an Australian snake. Parasitology 69: 197-200 (Dendrelaphis punctulata)

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

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 (Dendrelaphis punctulata)

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