Description of a New Genus of Lepodermatidae (Trematoda) with a Systematic Essay on the Family

Abstract

We had the opportunity of examining about twelve snakes ( Tropidonotus natrix ) all from the same district, and found in almost every case a heavy infection with various Trematodes. In the lungs we found Saphedra longicollis , and in the small intestine Leptophallus nigrovensis and Cercorchis nematoides , together with several specimens of Odhneria bolognensis n.g., n.sp. We will discuss the systematic position of this new genus in another part of this paper.