NEW SPECIES OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM (APICOMPLEXA, CRYPTOSPORIDIIDAE) FROM LIZARDS

Authors
KOUDELA B MODRY D
Citation
B. Koudela et D. Modry, NEW SPECIES OF CRYPTOSPORIDIUM (APICOMPLEXA, CRYPTOSPORIDIIDAE) FROM LIZARDS, Folia parasitologica, 45(2), 1998, pp. 93-100
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Parasitiology
Journal title
Folia parasitologica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00155683
Volume
45
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
93 - 100
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-5683(1998)45:2<93:NSOC(C>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
A new Cryptosporidium species, C. saurophilum, is described from Schne ider's skinks Eumeces schneideri Daudin, 1802. Oocysts were fully spor ulated in fresh faeces and measured 5.0 x 4.7 mu m (4.4-5.6 x 4.2-5.2 mu m). The new species differs from C, serpentis Levine, 1980 by havin g smaller oocysts, developing in a different location of intestine, an d by the inability to infect snakes.