Parasites

Wood turtles can be hosts to two groups of parasites.  These are endoparasites
(endo = inner) and ectoparasites (ecto = outer):

Endoparasites           

Acanthocephalans:
 Neoechinorhynchus emydis
Coccidians:
 Eimeria megalostiedai
Eimeria lecontei  
Haemogregarines:
 Haemogregarina balli
Trematodes:
 Spirorchis innominata
Telorchis corti

 

Ectoparasites

Flies: Sarcophaga cistudinis
Midges: Culicoides testudinalis
Leeches: Placobdella parasitica
Placobdella ornata


                                                    

                                                        Sarcophaga larvae cyst  

 

                 

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