FIRST RECORD OF ENDO AND ECTOPARASITES OF SNAKES (SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE) IN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OF QUITO

Taryn Ghia; Ricardo Gavilanes; Katherin Hinojosa; Elsa Melo

doi:10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.3.1289

FIRST RECORD OF ENDO AND ECTOPARASITES OF SNAKES (SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE) IN THE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT OF QUITO

Taryn Ghia^*, Ricardo Gavilanes, Katherin Hinojosa, Elsa Melo

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Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences

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Abstract

A total of 110 snake specimens from the Metropolitan District of Quito were examined. Eggs and larvae of ectoparasite Cochliomyia macellaria were found parasitizing Dipsas elegans, Clelia equatoriana, Chironius exoletus and Erythrolamprus albiventris. We also recorded mites from the families Ixodorhynchidae in C. equatoriana and Erytraeidae in Atractus dunni. Ixodorhynchidae and Erytraeidae mites were found parasitizing E. mimus at the same time. In contrast, mites of the suborder Oribatida were found in Sibon nebulatus. The presence of endoparasites of the order Onchoproteocephalidea is recorded for the first time in E. albiventris.

Translated title of the contribution	PRIMER REGISTRO DE ENDO Y ECTOPARÁSITOS DE CULEBRAS (SERPENTES: COLUBRIDAE) EN EL DISTRITO METROPOLITANO DE QUITO
Original language	English
Article number	e1290
Pages (from-to)	62-71
Number of pages	10
Journal	Revista Latinoamericana de Herpetologia
Volume	8
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.22201/fc.25942158e.2025.3.1289
State	Published - 13 Aug 2025

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Funding

We thank Andrés Romero e Ivanna Villalba, Laboratory of Cellular Biology, School of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador for allowing us to take photos of the parasites. Omar Torres, Curator of the reptile collection at QCAZ for allowing us to review the collection and for his comments on the manuscript and Fernando Ayala, Director of QCAZ Herpetology Collections also for his important comments. Sandra Enríquez, Zoonosis Research Institute, Universidad Central del Ecuador, for helping us with the mite mounting technique. Yerka Sagredo, Museo de Herpetologia (QCAZ) for her valuable help in editing the photographs. We thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and helpful suggestions.

Funders
Zoonosis Research Institute
Universidad Central del Ecuador

Keywords

Calliphoridae
Cestoda
Reptilia
diversity

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