
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Jones, HI 
T1  - Abbreviata (Nematoda: Physalopteroidea) From Western Australian Snakes.
JF  - Australian Journal of Zoology
JO  - Aust. J. Zool.
Y1  - 1978
VL  - 26
IS  - 4
SP  - 789
EP  - 807
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9780789 
N2  - Four new species of Abbreviata (Physalopteridae) are reported from Western Australian snakes, viz. Abbreviata barrowi, sp. nov., Abbreviata occidentalis, sp. nov., Abbreviata kumarinae, sp. nov., and Abbreviata aechmespiculum, sp, nov. Larval Abbreviata not identifiable to species were found in almost half the snakes examined. These were almost absent from the south-west part of Western Australia and were most prevalent in the north of the state. Infections could not be related to season, or to food residues in the hosts. It is suggested that these larvae were unable to mature in the snakes, which were acting as paratenic hosts, and that the most likely definitive hosts were Varanus lizards. A key to the Abbreviata species from Australian and Papua New Guinea reptiles is provided. 
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