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Spinicauda regiensis n. sp. (Nematoda: Heterakoidea), a parasite of the ball python (Python regius)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2009
Abstract
Spinicauda regiensis n. sp. is described from a captive ball python, Python regius. The new species differs from all other species of Spinicauda by the presence of a papilla in the precloacal sucker of the male.
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