(1) Departamento de Parasitologia, Instituto de Biociências, UNESP, Distrito de Rubião Júnior, Botucatu, CEP 18618-000 São Paulo, Brazil
Abstract:
The presence of snakes blood inside the alimentary canal of the species Opisthogonimus lecithonotus (Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiidae) collected from the mouth of Bothrops moojeni (Serpentes, Viperidae) is reported. The implications of this observation to the host snake are discussed.
s blood inside the alimentary canal of the species Opisthogonimus lecithonotus (Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiidae) collected from the mouth of Bothrops moojeni (Serpentes, Viperidae) is reported. The implications of this observation to the host snake are discussed.