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Coccidian Parasites (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) Of Arkansas Herpetofauna: A Summary With Two New State Records, Chris T. Mcallister, Dagmara Motriuk-Smith, Robert S. Seville, Matthew B. Connior, Stanley E. Trauth, Henry W. Robison
Coccidian Parasites (Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) Of Arkansas Herpetofauna: A Summary With Two New State Records, Chris T. Mcallister, Dagmara Motriuk-Smith, Robert S. Seville, Matthew B. Connior, Stanley E. Trauth, Henry W. Robison
Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science
Coccidian parasites (Protista: Apicomplexa: Eimeriidae) commonly infect reptiles, and to a lesser degree, amphibians. The family Eimeriidae includes at least 18 genera and 3 of them, Caryospora, Eimeria, and Isospora have been reported previously from various Arkansas herpetofauna. Over the past 3 decades, our community collaborative effort has provided a great deal of information on these parasites found in amphibians and reptiles of Arkansas. Here, we provide a summary of all coccidians reported from herptiles of the state as well as provide 2 new state records for coccidians from non-native Mediterranean geckos, Hemidactylus turcicus.