Endoparasites new to the Neotropical freshwater turtle, Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei (Bour 1973) (Testudines, Chelidae), from central Brazil.

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2010-01-01

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Avila, Robson W.
Brito, Elizangela S.
Barrella, Thomaz H.
Strussmann, Christine
Silva, Reinaldo J.

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Information on endoparasites infecting Neotropical turtles is scarce. The present paper reports the occurrence of endoparasites in three adult individuals of Vanderhaege's Toad-Headed Turtle (Mesoclemmys vanderhaegei). The records include an undescribed nematode species in the genus Spiroxys, not previously reported for the family Chelidae, and the first South American record of a monogenetic trematode of the genus Neopolystoma.

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Pan-american Journal of Aquatic Sciences. , v. 5, n. 3, p. 478-480, 2010.