''Hepatozoon cuestensis'' is a species of alveolates known to infect snake species such as ''
Crotalus durissus terrificus
''Crotalus'' is a genus of venomous pit vipers in the family Viperidae, known as rattlesnakes or rattlers. Wright AH, Wright AA (1957). ''Handbook of Snakes of the United States and Canada''. Ithaca and London: Comstock Publishing Associates (7t ...
'' (rattlesnake).
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Conoidasida
Parasites of reptiles
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