Species Waddycephalus calligaster Riley & Self, 1981
- Waddycephalus calligaster Riley, J. & Self, J.T. 1981. A redescription of Waddycephalus teretiusculus (Baird, 1862) Sambon, 1922 and a revision of the taxonomy of the genus Waddycephalus (Sambon, 1922), pentastomid parasites of Asian, Australian and Indonesian snakes, with descriptions of eight new species. Systematic Parasitology 3: 243-257 [250].
Type data:
Holotype AMNH 425 female (host species confined to coast from Gulf of Carpentaria to south-east QLD), type locality unknown.Type host:
Dendrelaphis calligastra (Günther, 1867) [Colubridae]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Probable distribution based on that of host in AFD
Australian Endemic.
Ecological Descriptors
Endoparasitic (host(s): Dendrelaphis calligastra (Günther, 1867) [COLUBRIDAE] Northern Tree Snake).
History of changes
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