| coccidian parasites (apicomplexa) from snakes in the southcentral and southwestern united states: new host and geographic records. | four hundred thirty-five leptotyphlopid, colubrid, elapid, and viperid snakes were collected from various localities in arkansas, new mexico, oklahoma, and texas, and their feces were examined for coccidian parasites. of these, 131 (30%) were passing oocysts or sporocysts of at least 1 coccidian; 88 (67%) of the infected snakes had only 1 species of coccidian when they were examined. aquatic and semiaquatic snakes accounted for 48% of the infections, whereas strictly terrestrial snakes comprised ... | 1995 | 7876980 |
| parasites of mammals on the sevilleta national wildlife refuge, socorro, new mexico: cuterebra austeni and c. neomexicana (diptera:oestridae) from neotoma and peromyscus (rodentia:muridae), 1991-1994. | in total, 6,486 rodents representing 3 families (muridae, heteromyidae, and sciuridae) and 24 species were trapped may through august of 1991 through 1994. of these, only the white-throated woodrat. neotoma albigula hartley; piñon mouse, peromyscus truei shufeldt; and white-footed mouse, p. leucopus rafinesque, were infested with cuterebra clark larvae. of the 594 n. albigula that were captured 103 (17.3%) were infested with 139 cuterebra larvae with all infestations occurring in the throat regi ... | 1997 | 9151503 |