| haemogregarine specificity in two communities of florida snakes, with descriptions of six new species of hepatozoon (apicomplexa: hepatozoidae) and a possible species of haemogregarina (apicomplexa: haemogregarinidae). | five species of snakes in florida, from palm beach county in the south and alachua county 450 km to the north, occur in similar habitat but have distinctive hepatozoon species characteristic of each host species. in palm beach county, diadophis punctatus is host to hepatozoon punctatus n. sp., thamnophis sauritus sackenii to hepatozoon sauritus n. sp., and nerodia fasciata pictiventris to hepatozoon pictiventris n. sp. in alachua county, n. fasciata pictiventris is parasitized by hepatozoon fasc ... | 2001 | 11534655 |
| hepatozoon polytopis n. sp. parasitic in two genera and species of colubrid snakes in southern florida. | hepatozoon polytopis, described from coluber constrictor priapus from palm beach county, florida, has short, usually broad gamonts 12.8 x 4.6 microm (10.0-15.0 x 3.5-6.0), with lw 58.5 microm2 (42-84) and l/w 2.84 (1.8-3.7). nuclei commonly extend into first quarter of gamont (45%), are always present in second quarter, and seldom in third quarter (11%), with dimensions 4.5 x 3.4 (3.0-6.0 x 2.5-4.5) and lw 15.1 (10.0-24.0). spherical to ovoid oocysts, 122.1 x 104.9 (62-240 x 57-190), with l/w 1. ... | 2005 | 15856889 |