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KMID : 0425120160540020205
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Parasites, Hosts and Diseases
2016 Volume.54 No. 2 p.205 ~ p.213
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Three Nematode Species Recovered from Terrestrial Snakes in Republic of Korea
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Choe Seong-Jun
Lim Jun-Sik
Kim Hyun
Kim Young-Jun
Kim Hee-Jong
Lee Dong-Min
Park Han-Sol
Jeon Hyeong-Kyu
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Abstract
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The majority of parasitological studies of terrestrial snakes in Korea have focused on zoonotic parasites. However, in the present study, we describe 3 unrecorded nematode species recovered from 5 species of snakes (n=6) in Korea. The examined snakes, all confiscated from illegal hunters, were donated by the Chungnam Wild Animal Rescue Center and Korean Broadcasting System in July 2014 and February 2015. Light and scanning electron microscopies on the shapes of spicules that are either bent or straight (kalicephalids) and the presence of the intestinal cecum (ophidascarids) figured out 3 nematodes; Kalicephalus brachycephalus Maplestone, 1931, Kalicephalus sinensis Hsu, 1934, and Ophidascaris excavata Hsu and Hoeppli, 1934. These 3 species of nematode faunas are recorded for the first time in Korea.
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KEYWORD
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Kalicephalus brachycephalus, Kalicephalus sinensis, Ophidascaris excavata, nematode, snake, Korea
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