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On Some Helminths from a King Cobra in Malaya including Occipitodontus edesoni n.sp. and Ophiotaenia kuantanensis n.sp

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 November 2009

Yeh Liang-Sheng
Yeh Liang-Sheng
Affiliation:
From the Department of Parasitology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
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A collection of helminths from a King-Cobra, Naja hannah from Malaya is described. It consists of one species of trematode from the ureter, Styphlodora perstmilts; two species of cestodes in the intestine, namely Bothridium pithonis and Ophiotaenia kuantanensis n.sp., and three species of nematodes, Tanqua gigantica and Occipitodontus fimbriatus from the stomach, and O. edesoni n.sp. from the small intestine. With the exception of Tanqua gigantica all the above named species are new records for the King-Cobra.

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Research Papers
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 30 , Issue 4 , December 1956 , pp. 211 - 216
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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