Herpetofauna of Florida

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1	7663	Kimbell, L. M., III, D. L. Miller, W. Chavez, and N. Altman. 1999. Molecular analysis of the 18S rRNA gene of Cryptosporidium serpentis in a wild-caught corn snake (Elaphe guttata guttata) and a five-species restriction fragment length polymorphism- based sssay that can additionally discern C. parvum from C. wrairi. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 65:5345–5349.
2	7894	Modrý, D., J. R. Šlapeta, and B. Koudela. 2005. Mice serve as paratenic hosts for the transmission of Caryospora duszynskii (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) between snakes of the genus Elaphe. Folia Parasitologica 52 205–208.
3	6459	Telford, S. R., J. F. Butler, and R. S. Telford. 2002. Hepatozoon species (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) of the corn snake, Elaphe guttata (Serpentes: Colubridae) and the pigmy rattlesnake, Sistrurus miliarius barbouri (Serpentes: Viperidae) in south Florida. Journal of Parasitology 88:778–782.
4	9280	Telford, S. R., Jr. 2010. Three new hepatozoon species (Apicomplexa: Hepatozoidae) infecting the Florida kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula floridana. Journal of Parasitology 96:162–-169.
5	7025	Telford, S. R., Jr., J. A. Ernst, A. M. Clark, and J. F. Butler. 2004. Hepatozoon sauritus: a polytypic hemogregarine of three genera and four species of snakes in North Florida, with specific identity verified from genome analysis. Journal of Parasitology 90:352–358.
6	9796	Telford, S. R., Jr., P. E. Moler, and J. F. Butler. 2012. Four additional hepatazoon species (Apicomplexa: Hepatazoidae) from North Florida ratsnakes, genus Pantherophis. Folia Parasitologica 59:167–172.

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