Objective:To observe three species of Kalicephalus found in three species of snake(Ophkphagus hannah,Ptyas mucosus,and Naja Sputatrix) during research on Capture Snake for Trading in Java and Snake Biodiversity in Kal...Objective:To observe three species of Kalicephalus found in three species of snake(Ophkphagus hannah,Ptyas mucosus,and Naja Sputatrix) during research on Capture Snake for Trading in Java and Snake Biodiversity in Kalimantan Islands.Methods:Specimens for light microscopy examination were fixed with warm 70%alcohol,cleared and mounted in lactophenol for wet mounting.Drawings were made with the aid of a drawing tube attached to a Nikon compound microscope.Measurements were given in micrometers(μ) as the average of findings,followed by the range in parentheses,unless otherwise stated.Results:Kalkephalus(Costatus) indicus was found from 7 Ptyas mucosus,Kalicephalus bungari from 2 Naja sputatrix and 1 Kalicephalus(Costatus) indicus and Kalicephalus assimilis found from 1 Ophiophagus hannah.The morphology and measurement of three species of Kalicephalus found in this study were close to those described before.Conclusions:New finding of host of Kalicephalus(Costalus) indicus and Kalicephalus bungari was a snake species of Naja sputatrix.New records of locality were Kalimantan island as the new locality of Kalicephalus assimilis,and Java island was new locality of Kalicephalus(Costatus) indicus.展开更多
文摘Objective:To observe three species of Kalicephalus found in three species of snake(Ophkphagus hannah,Ptyas mucosus,and Naja Sputatrix) during research on Capture Snake for Trading in Java and Snake Biodiversity in Kalimantan Islands.Methods:Specimens for light microscopy examination were fixed with warm 70%alcohol,cleared and mounted in lactophenol for wet mounting.Drawings were made with the aid of a drawing tube attached to a Nikon compound microscope.Measurements were given in micrometers(μ) as the average of findings,followed by the range in parentheses,unless otherwise stated.Results:Kalkephalus(Costatus) indicus was found from 7 Ptyas mucosus,Kalicephalus bungari from 2 Naja sputatrix and 1 Kalicephalus(Costatus) indicus and Kalicephalus assimilis found from 1 Ophiophagus hannah.The morphology and measurement of three species of Kalicephalus found in this study were close to those described before.Conclusions:New finding of host of Kalicephalus(Costalus) indicus and Kalicephalus bungari was a snake species of Naja sputatrix.New records of locality were Kalimantan island as the new locality of Kalicephalus assimilis,and Java island was new locality of Kalicephalus(Costatus) indicus.
