Folia Parasitologica 45[2] 93-100 (1998)

New species of Cryptosporidium (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) from lizards

Břetislav Koudela1, David Modrý1,2
1 Institute of Parasitology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Branišovská 31, 370 05 České Budějovice, Czech Republic
2 Department of Parasitology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1-3, 612 42 Brno, Czech Republic

A new Cryptosporidium species, C. saurophilum, is described from Schneider's skinks Eumeces schneideri Daudin, 1802. Oocysts were fully sporulated in fresh faeces and measured 5.0 × 4.7 µm (4.4-5.6 × 4.2-5.2 µm). The new species differs from C. serpentis Levine, 1980 by having smaller oocysts, developing in a different location of intestine, and by the inability to infect snakes.

Keywords: Reptilia, Sauria, Cryptosporidium saurophilum sp. n., transmission studies

Received: December 10, 1997; Accepted: March 3, 1998; Published: June 1, 1998  Show citation

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Koudela, B., & Modrý, D. (1998). New species of Cryptosporidium (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiidae) from lizards. Folia Parasitologica, 45(2), 93-100
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