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Metazoan endoparasites of snakes from Argentina: Review and checklist with distributional notes and remarks

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Juan Nicolás Caraballo Open the ORCID record for Juan Nicolás Caraballo [Opens in a new window] ,
Andrés Ulibarrie Open the ORCID record for Andrés Ulibarrie [Opens in a new window] ,
Monika Hamann Open the ORCID record for Monika Hamann [Opens in a new window] ,
Ricardo Guerrero Open the ORCID record for Ricardo Guerrero [Opens in a new window] ,
Vanesa Arzamendia Open the ORCID record for Vanesa Arzamendia [Opens in a new window]  and
Cynthya Elizabeth González Open the ORCID record for Cynthya Elizabeth González [Opens in a new window]
Juan Nicolás Caraballo*
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología y Ecología de Helmintos Parásitos. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL). CONICET-UNNE, Corrientes, Argentina Laboratorio de Biología de Vectores y Parásitos. Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical (IZET). Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
Andrés Ulibarrie
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Conservación de Tetrápodos. Instituto Nacional de Limnología (INALI). CONICET-UNL, Santa Fe, Argentina
Monika Hamann
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología y Ecología de Helmintos Parásitos. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL). CONICET-UNNE, Corrientes, Argentina
Ricardo Guerrero
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología de Vectores y Parásitos. Instituto de Zoología y Ecología Tropical (IZET). Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela
Vanesa Arzamendia
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biodiversidad y Conservación de Tetrápodos. Instituto Nacional de Limnología (INALI). CONICET-UNL, Santa Fe, Argentina Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
Cynthya Elizabeth González
Affiliation:
Laboratorio de Biología y Ecología de Helmintos Parásitos. Centro de Ecología Aplicada del Litoral (CECOAL). CONICET-UNNE, Corrientes, Argentina
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Corresponding author: Juan Nicolás Caraballo; Email: jcaraballo358@gmail.com
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Abstract

This article presents a checklist of metazoan parasites of snakes from Argentina, along with a comprehensive review of the relevant literature published between 1922 and June 2023, covering various aspects of interest. We compiled 34 species of metazoan endoparasites from 28 studies. The subclass Digenea showed the highest number of species (n = 22 species), followed by the phylum Nematoda (n = 8 species), and the subclass Pentastomida (n = 3 species and 1 taxa inquirenda). Dipsadidae was the family of snakes with the most species examined for metazoan endoparasites (n = 20 species). In contrast, Viperidae had the largest number of specimens surveyed (n = 343). Of 23 provinces, 15 (65.2%) presented at least one report of metazoan endoparasites in snakes. The northeastern provinces showed the highest richness of metazoan endoparasites and host diversity. Many articles focused on taxonomy, but studies on parasite ecology were not found. Although taxonomic accuracy was high in most reports, some records were correctly deposited in zoological collections or geo-referenced. This is the first attempt to include all groups of metazoan endoparasites of snakes from Argentina in a single checklist in the last century.

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MetazoaendoparasitismbiodiversitysnakesArgentina
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Journal of Helminthology , Volume 98 , 2024 , e48
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