Rev 08/30/2023
Ophidascaris Baylis 1921
Type species of the genus: Ophidascaris filaria Dujardin, 1845
Synonyms:
Ophidascaris rubicunda Schneider, 1866
Ophidascaris infundibulicola Linstow, 1903
Nematodes with general characteristics of Ascarididae.
Ref: Sprent, 1988
Primarily intestinal parasites of snakes and amphibians although Ophidascaris robertsi has been reported from a marsupial and has beec recovered from the brain of a human female in Australia.
Human
Intestinal mucosa
Baylis, H.A. 1920. On the classification of the Ascaridae 1. The systematic value of certain characters of the alimentary canal. Parasitology, 12:253-264.
Baylis, H.A. 1921. On the classification of the Ascaridae. II. The Polydelphis group; with some account of other ascarids parasitic in snakes. Parasitology, 12:411-426.
Sprent, J.F.A. 1988. Ascaridoid nematodes of amphibians and reptiles: Ophidascaris Baylis, 1920. Systematic Parasitology 11:165-213.
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