Coccidia (Eimeria and Isospora) of Gymnophiona

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Updated: 20 January 2008
Comments: eimeria@unm.edu (Duszynski), lcouch@unm.edu (Couch), or coccidia@ksu.edu (Upton)

Family: Caeciliidae

Eimeria dermophis Asmundsson, Campbell, & Duszynski, 2000

Host: Dermophis mexicanus (Mexican caecilian)

Reference: Asmundsson, Campbell, & Duszynski 2000

Non-Valid Designations

None.

Reference

Asmundsson, I.M., Campbell,J.A. and Duszynski D.W. 2000. A new Eimerian sp. from the plumbeous Central American caecilian, Dermophis mexicanus (Amphibia: Gymnophiona) from Volcán Tajumulco, Department of San Marcos, Guatemala. Journal of Parasitology 86: 340-342.