Species Herpetostrongylus pythonis Baylis, 1931

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• Herpetostrongylus pythonis Baylis, H.A. 1931. Two more new trichostrongylid nematodes from Queensland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7: 500-507 [501].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) QM 11149 (as 'cotype'), Ching Do, Townsville, Qld; BMNH 1938.7.25.21-36 (as 'co-type').

  Type host:

   Morelia spilota variegata Gray, 1842 [BOIDAE]

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), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Endoparasitic (host(s): Morelia amethistina (Schneider, 1801) [BOIDAE] Amethyst Python; Morelia spilota variegata Gray, 1842 [BOIDAE] Carpet Python; Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat).

Extra Ecological Information

In small intestine.

General References

Humphery-Smith, I. 1981. Compléments morphologiques au genre Herpetostrongylus Baylis, 1931 (Nematoda, Trichostrongyloidea). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris [published 1907-1971] 3: 133-137 (redescription)

Jones, H.I. 1979. Gastrointestinal nematodes, including three species, from Australian and Papua New Guinea pythons. Proceedings of the Helminthological Society of Washington 46: 1-14 (additional record)

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