Publications
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| macrobothriotaenia ficta (cestoda: proteocephalidea), a parasite of sunbeam snake (xenopeltis unicolor): example of convergent evolution. | the poorly known proteocephalidean cestode macrobothriotaenia ficta (meggitt, 1931) from the sunbeam snake xenopeltis unicolor (ophidia: xenopeltidae) is redescribed on the basis of re-examination of its type specimens from burma (myanmar), and vouchers from thailand and vietnam. the peculiar morphology of the scolex, which is formed by four pedunculate lobe-bearing pincer-shaped suckers, is described for the first time using scanning electron microscopy. in scolex morphology, m. ficta closely r ... | 2013 | 26000432 |