| five new species of coccidia (apicomplexa: eimeriidae) from colubrid snakes of ecuador. | fecal samples from 11 colubrid snakes, representing 10 species, collected in ecuador during october 1994 were examined for coccidian parasites. feces of 4 individuals, representing 4 host species, contained coccidian oocysts. three species of eimeria and 2 species of isospora were observed and are described here as new. oocysts of both eimeria and isospora were found in the feces of a slug-eating snake, dipsas vermiculata. sporulated oocysts of the eimeria sp. are spheroid to subspheroid, 16.7 b ... | 2001 | 11695368 |