Species Haemogregarina pythonis (Billet, 1895)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Danilewskya pythonis Billet, A 1895. Sur les Hématozoaires des Ophidiens du Haut-Tonkin. Compte Rendu des Séances de la Société de Biologie, Paris ii 2(10): 29-31 [30, fig 2&3].

Generic Combinations

• Haemogregarina pythonis (Billet, 1895). —
  Labbé, A. 1899. Sporozoa. pp. 1-180 in Schulze, F.E. & Butschli, O. (eds). Das Tierreich. Eine Zusammenstellung und Kennzeichnung der rezenten Tierformen. Berlin : Friedlander & Sohn Vol. 5.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Morelia amethystinus (Schneiger, 1801) [BOIDAE] Amethystine Python (syn. Python amethystinus; blood); Morelia spilotes (Lacepede, 1804) [BOIDAE] Carpet & Diamond Pythons (syn. Morelia spilota; blood); Chondropython viridis (Schlegel, 1872) [BOIDAE] Green Python (blood); Python reticulatus (Schneider, 1801) [BOIDAE] Reticulated Python (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Mackerras, M.J. 1961. The haematozoa of Australian reptiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 61-122 (Chondropython viridis; Morelia spilotes; Morelia amethystinus; Python reticulatus)

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