Species Cryptosporidium serpentis Levine, 1980

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• Cryptosporidium serpentis Levine, N.D. 1980. Some corrections of coccidian (Apicomplexa: Protozoa) nomenclature. Journal of Parasitology 66(5): 830-834 [831].

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Australian Alps (AA), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Kanmantoo (KAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Acanthophis antarcticus (Shaw & Nodder, 1802) [ELAPIDAE] Common Death Adder (faeces (+ PCR)); Oxyuranus scutellatus (Peters, 1867) [ELAPIDAE] Taipan (faeces (+ PCR)); Notechis scutatus (Peters, 1861) [ELAPIDAE] Tiger Snake (faeces (+ PCR))).

Associated Fauna References

Morgan, U.M., Xiao, L., Fayer, R., Graczyk, T.K., Lal, A.A., Deplazes, P. & Thompson, R.C.A. 1999. Phylogenetic analysis of Cryptosporidium isolates from captive reptiles using 18S rDNA sequence data and random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis. Journal of Parasitology 85: 525-530 (Oxyuranus scutellatus; Notechis scutatus; Acanthophis antarcticus)

Morgan, U.M., Xiao, L., Monis, P., Sulaiman, I., Pavlasek, I., Blagburn, B., Olsen, M., Upton, S.J. , Khramtsov, N.V., Lal, A., Elliot, A. & Thompson, R.C.A. 2000. Molecular and phylogenetic analysis of Cryptosporidium muris from various hosts. Parasitology 120: 457-464 (Acanthophis antarcticus)

Xiao, L., Ryan, U.M., Graczyk, T.K., Limor, J., Li, L., Kombert, M., Junge, R., Sulaiman, I.M., Zhou, L., Arrowood, M.J., Koudela, B., Modry, D. & Lal, A.A. 2004. Genetic diversity of Cryptosporidium spp. in captive reptiles. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 70: 891-899 (Oxyuranus scutellatus)

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