''Hexametra boddaertii'' is a parasitic roundworm belonging to the family
Ascarididae
The Ascarididae are a family of the large intestinal roundworms. Members of the family are intestinal parasites, infecting all classes of vertebrates. It includes a number of genera,Anderson RC (2000)''Nematode Parasites of Vertebrates. Their Dev ...
. ''H. boddaertii'' was originally described from a single specimen of ''
Mastigodryas boddaerti
''Mastigodryas boddaerti'', commonly known as Boddaert's tropical racer, is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is native to tropical South America including Trinidad and Tobago.
Distribution
''M. boddaerti'' occurs in Bol ...
'', a South American colubrine snake. Other neotropical colubrids identified as hosts to ''H. boddaertii'' include ''
Oxyrhopus trigeminus'', ''
Philodryas patagoniensis'', ''
Spilotes pullatus'', ''
Trimorphodon biscutatus
The western lyre snake (''Trimorphodon biscutatus'') is a mildly venomous colubrid snake native to Mexico and Guatemala.
Description
They are a moderately sized snake, attaining lengths of approximately 1 meter at adult size. They are generall ...
'', ''
Philodryas baroni'', and ''
Oxyrhopus guibei
''Oxyrhopus guibei'' is a species of snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to South America. It is often called the false coral snake, Braz H, Manço DD (2011)"Natural nests of the false-coral snake ''Oxyrhopus guibei'' in sout ...
''. It is thought that ''Hexametra'' may be the causative agent of ocular disease,
diffuse unilateral subacute neuroretinitis, (DSUN), in Brazil.
[Souza et al., 2007 V.L. Souza, A.P. Santos T.M. d. Peña, V.L.F. Luz, I.J.D. Reis Caracterização dos répteis descartados por mantenedores particulares e entregues ao Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Répteis e Anfíbios – RAN. Rev. Biol. Neotrop., 4 (2007), pp. 149–160]
References
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Ascaridida
Nematodes described in 1860
Parasitic nematodes of vertebrates
Parasites of reptiles