Coccidia (Eimeria and Isospora) of Amphisbaenia
(Amphisbaenidae, Bipedidae, Trogonophidae)

Compiled by
Donald W. Duszynski1, Steve J. Upton2, and Lee Couch1

1Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
2Division of Biology, Kansas State University


Supported by NSF-PEET DEB 9521687

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Updated: 2 May 1999
Comments: eimeria@unm.edu (Duszynski)
or coccidia@ksu.edu (Upton)


  • Eimeria amphisbaeniarum Huntington, Cisper, Smith, Powell, Parmerlee, and Lathrop, 1996
    1. Host: Amphisbaena manni (Amphisbaenidae)
    2. Reference: Huntington et al. 1996

  • Eimeria witcheri Huntington, Cisper, Smith, Powell, Parmerlee, and Lathrop, 1996
    1. Host: Amphisbaena manni (Amphisbaenidae)
    2. Reference: Huntington et al. 1996

  • Isospora diplometoponi Yousif and Al-Shawa, 1998
    1. Host: Diplometopon zarudnyi (Trogonophidae)
    2. Reference: Yousif and Al-Shawa 1998


    References

    Huntington, C., Cisper, G.L., Smith, D.D., Powell, R., Parmerlee, J.S., and Lathrop, A. 1996. Two new Eimeria (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from Amphisbaena manni (Amphisbaenia: Amphisbaenidae) in the Dominican Republic. Carribean Journal of Science 32: 50-53.

    Yousif, M.S., and Al-Shawa, Y.R. 1998. A new coccidian parasite (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) from the legless lizard Diplometopon zarudnyi (Amphisbaenia: Trogonophidae) in Saudi Arabia. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 28: 257-261.