| a survey of blastocystis in reptiles. | a total of 28 species of reptiles were investigated for blastocystis using light microscopy and in vitro culture in biphasic egg slant medium. blastocystis species were detected in 8 (28.6%) of these 28 species in 3 tortoises (geochelone elephantopus, g. elegans and g. carbonaria), 3 snakes (boiga dendrophilla, python reticulatus and elaphe radiata), 1 crocodile (crocodylus porosus) and 1 iguana lizard (cyclura cornuta). the reptilian blastocystis appeared to be morphologically similar to b. hom ... | 1992 | 1495927 |