| poor replication of west nile virus (new york 1999 strain) in three reptilian and one amphibian species. | because west nile (wn) virus primarily cycles between mosquitoes and birds, north american reptiles and amphibians have not been evaluated as reservoir hosts of this virus. we infected three species of reptiles and one species of amphibian: iguana iguana (green iguana), thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis (florida garter snake), trachymes scripta elegans (red-ear slider), and rana catesbeiana (north american bullfrog). after inoculation with wn virus, some of the green iguanas, bullfrogs, and garter sn ... | 2003 | 14628941 |
| three new hepatozoon species (apicomplexa: hepatozoidae) infecting the florida kingsnake, lampropeltis getula floridana. | the florida kingsnake, lampropeltis getula floridana, is host to 3 species of hepatozoon at the type locality, miramar, broward county, florida, and 2, possibly all 3, species at cedar key, levy county, approximately 480 km to the northwest. hepatozoon eurytopis, n. sp. was present also in diadophis punctatus and elaphe guttata in jupiter farms, palm beach county, and in thamnophis sirtalis at gainesville, alachua county. specific identity in d. punctatus was determined from gamont morphology an ... | 2010 | 19685939 |
| an outbreak of fungal dermatitis and stomatitis in a free-ranging population of pigmy rattlesnakes (sistrurus miliarius barbouri) in florida. | between september 1997 and march 1998, a severe skin, eye, and mouth disease was observed in a population of dusky pigmy rattlesnakes (sistrurus miliarius barbouri), at the lake woodruff national wildlife refuge in volusia county, florida (usa). three affected pigmy rattlesnakes were submitted for necropsy. all snakes had severe necrotizing and predominantly granulomatous dermatitis, stomatitis, and ophthalmitis, with involvement of the subadjacent musculature and other soft tissues. numerous fu ... | 2003 | 12910760 |
| snake food preference: innate intraspecific geographic variation. | compared to florida individuals, a smaller percentage of massachusetts thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis will accept fish. both experienced adults and isolated newborn snakes respond similarly; the behavior is innate and correlated with habitat differences between the two localities. although food preference in natrix sipedon is also innate, geographic variation is not as clearcut. | 1968 | 5732489 |