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Species Ophidascaris pyrrhus Johnston & Mawson, 1942

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales


Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Echiopsis curta (Schlegel, 1837) [ELAPIDAE] Bardick; Hemiaspis signata (Jan, 1859) [ELAPIDAE] Black-bellied Swamp Snake; Hoplocephalus bungaroides (Schlegel, 1837) [ELAPIDAE] Broad-headed Snake; Pseudonaja textilis (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) [ELAPIDAE] Common Brown Snake; Tropidonophis mairii (J.E. Gray, 1841) [COLUBRIDAE] Freshwater Snake; Cacophis squamulosus (Duméril, Bibron & Duméril, 1854) [ELAPIDAE] Golden-crowned Snake; Varanus rosenbergi Mertens, 1957 [VARANIDAE] Heath Monitor; Pseudechis australis (J.E. Gray, 1842) [ELAPIDAE] King Brown Snake; Suta punctata (Boulenger, 1896) [ELAPIDAE] Little Spotted Snake; Austrelaps superbus (Günther, 1858) [ELAPIDAE] Lowland Copperhead; Demansia olivacea (J.E. Gray, 1842) [ELAPIDAE] Marble-headed Whipsnake; Pseudonaja nuchalis Günther, 1858 [ELAPIDAE] Northern Brown Snake; Hoplocephalus bitorquatus (Jan, 1859) [ELAPIDAE] Pale-headed Snake; Pseudechis porphyriacus (Shaw, 1794) [ELAPIDAE] Red-bellied Black Snake; Pseudonaja modesta (Günther, 1872) [ELAPIDAE] Ringed Brown Snake; Tropidechis carinatus (Krefft, 1863) [ELAPIDAE] Rough-scaled Snake; Hoplocephalus stephensii Krefft, 1869 [ELAPIDAE] Stephens' Banded Snake; Notechis scutatus (Peters, 1861) [ELAPIDAE] Tiger Snake; Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837) [ELAPIDAE] Yellow-faced Whip Snake; Demansia atra [ELAPIDAE]; Notechis ater [ELAPIDAE]; Rhinoplocephalus nigrescens [ELAPIDAE]).

Extra Ecological Information

Parasite of tadpole (experimental infection) and frog.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
20-May-2023 SPIRURIDA 20-May-2023 MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022 SPIRURIDA 14-Apr-2023 MODIFIED
22-Mar-2022 CHROMADOREA Inglis, 1983 20-May-2023 MODIFIED Ms Jo Wood
08-Nov-2011 08-Nov-2011 MOVED
04-Nov-2011 ADDED