Species Hepatozoon boigae (Mackerras, 1961)

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• Haemogregarina boigae Mackerras, M.J. 1961. The haematozoa of Australian reptiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 61-122 [99].

Generic Combinations

• Hepatozoon boigae (Mackerras, 1961). —
  Jakes, K.A., O'Donoghue, P.J. & Whittier, J. 2003. Ultrastructure of Hepatozoon boigae (Mackerras, 1961) nov. comb. from brown tree snakes, Boiga irregularis, from northern Australia. Parasitology Research 90: 225-231

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: 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): Boiga irregularis (Merrem, 1802) [COLUBRIDAE] Brown Tree Snake (blood); Boiga fusca (Gray, 1842) [COLUBRIDAE] Brown Tree Snake (blood, liver, lung)).

Associated Fauna References

Jakes, K., O'Donoghue, P.J. & Cameron, S.L. 2003. Phylogenetic relationships of Hepatozoon (Haemogregarina) boigae, Hepatozoon sp., Haemogregarina clelandi and Haemoproteus chelodina from Australian reptiles to other Apicomplexa based on cladistic analyses of ultrastructural and life-cycle characters. Parasitology 126: 555-559 (Boiga irregularis)

Jakes, K.A., O'Donoghue, P.J. & Whittier, J. 2003. Ultrastructure of Hepatozoon boigae (Mackerras, 1961) nov. comb. from brown tree snakes, Boiga irregularis, from northern Australia. Parasitology Research 90: 225-231 (Boiga irregularis)

Mackerras, M.J. 1961. The haematozoa of Australian reptiles. Australian Journal of Zoology 9: 61-122 (Boiga fusca)

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