| a new species of eimeria (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from the marbled salamander, ambystoma opacum (caudata: ambystomatidae), from northern louisiana. | between december 2002 and june 2004, 10 marbled salamanders, ambystoma opacum, were examined for coccidian parasites. salamanders were collected in bradley (n = 2), little river (n = 1), miller (n = 1), and sevier (n = 1) counties, arkansas; webster parish, louisiana (n = 2); and bowie (n = 1) and nacogdoches (n = 2) counties, texas. two of 10 (20%) a. opacum from louisiana harbored an undescribed species of eimeria. oocysts of eimeria trauthi n. sp. were ellipsoidal, 36.6 x 33.1 (33-40 x 29-37) ... | 2008 | 18605797 |
| a new species of dusky salamander (amphibia: plethodontidae: desmognathus) from the eastern gulf coastal plain of the united states and a redescription of d. auriculatus | the coastal plain of the southeastern u. s. is one of the planet's top biodiversity hotspots and yet many taxa have not been adequately studied. the plethodontid salamander, desmognathus auriculatus, was originally thought to occur from east texas to virginia, a range spanning dozens of interfluves and large river systems. beamer and lamb (2008) found five independent mitochondrial lineages of what has been called d. auriculatus in the atlantic coastal plain, but did not examine the extensive di ... | 2017 | 28609856 |