Species Ophidascaris robertsi (Sprent & Mines, 1960)

Museums

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• Amplicaecum robertsi Sprent, J.F.A. & Mines, J.J. 1960. A new species of Amplicaecum (Nematoda) from the carpet snake (Morelia argus variegatus): with a redefinition and a key for the genus. Parasitology 50: 183-198 [192].

Generic Combinations

• Ophidascaris robertsi (Sprent & Mines, 1960). —
  Sprent, J.F.A. & McKeown, E.A. 1979. Studies on ascaridoid nematodes in pythons: development in the definitive host. pp. 155-176 in Zuckerman, A. Dynamic Aspects of Host-Parasite Relationships. Jerusalem : Israel Universities Press Vol. 3.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Pogona barbata (Cuvier, 1829) [AGAMIDAE] Bearded Dragon; Aspidites melanocephalus (Krefft, 1864) [BOIDAE] Black-headed Python; Ramphotyphlops nigrescens (J.E. Gray, 1845) [TYPHLOPIDAE] Blackish Blind Snake; Lialis burtonis J.E. Gray, 1835 [PYGOPODIDAE] Burton's Snake-lizard; Morelia spilota (Lacépède, 1804) [BOIDAE] Carpet Python; Tiliqua scincoides (White, 1790) [SCINCIDAE] Eastern Blue-tongue; Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852) [MURIDAE] Fawn-footed Melomys (larval stages); Varanus gouldii (J.E. Gray, 1838) [VARANIDAE] Gould's Goanna; Varanus varius (White, 1790) [VARANIDAE] Lace Monitor; Bellatorias major J.E. Gray, 1845 [SCINCIDAE] Land Mullet (as Egernia major); Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna; Liasis fuscus Peters, 1873 [BOIDAE] Water Python; Aspidites ramsayi (Macleay, 1882) [BOIDAE] Woma; Demansia psammophis (Schlegel, 1837) [ELAPIDAE] Yellow-faced Whip Snake; Antaresia sp. [BOIDAE]; Dendrelaphis punctulata [COLUBRIDAE]; Morelia amethistina [BOIDAE]; Cacophis sp. [ELAPIDAE]; Ctenotus sp. [SCINCIDAE]).

Associated Fauna References

Mulder, E. & Smales, L. 2015. The endoparasites of Liasis fuscus (Serpentes : Boidae) from the Adelaide River floodplain, Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 63: 81-90 (Liasis fuscus)

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