| molecular and morphological characterization of a haemogregarine in the alligator snapping turtle, macrochelys temminckii (testudines: chelydridae). | a severely underweight alligator snapping turtle macrochelys temminckii troost in harlan, 1835, was found near tyler, texas, and taken to the caldwell zoo. blood films were submitted to texas a&m university, college station, texas, for morphological and molecular identification of haemogregarine-like inclusions in the red blood cells. intraerythrocytic haemogregarina sp. forms were found on microscopic examination at a parasitemia of <1 %. the morphology and morphometric data for the forms indic ... | 2017 | 27807618 |