Tapeworm Species Details

Ophiotaenia viperis (Beddard, 1913) Rudin, 1917
Onchoproteocephalidea I: Proteocephalidae: Proteocephalinae
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Cestode Scientific Name

Species ID 2407
Order Onchoproteocephalidea I
Family Proteocephalidae
Subfamily Proteocephalinae
Genus Ophiotaenia
Species viperis
Authority (Beddard, 1913) Rudin, 1917
Taxonomic Status Synonym
Valid Name Crepidobothrium viperis (Beddard, 1913) Meggitt, 1927
Synonyms Solenotaenia viperis Beddard, 1913 Proteocephalus viperis (Beddard, 1913) Woodland, 1925
Genus Record No
Type Species NO
Verified Yes
Verified By T. Scholz
Citation(s)

Beddard, F. E. 1913. Contributions to the anatomy and systematic arrangement of the Cestoidea. IX. On a new genus of Ichthytaeniids. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1913(1): 243-261.

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Rudin, E. 1917. Die Ichthyotaenien der Reptilien. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 25: 179-381 + Plates.

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Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
03/11/2004 Created Healy, Scholz
09/24/2006Modified
05/13/2016ModifiedB. Barbeau
04/03/2020ModifiedP. Lopez Dineen
05/18/2020ModifiedT. Scholz
12/03/2021ModifiedB. Barbeau

Type Host

Host Class Reptilia
Host Order Squamata
Host Family Viperidae
Type Host
(Literal)
Genus Bothrops
Species alternatus
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Type Host
(Valid)
Genus Bothrops
Species alternatus
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Type Locality

Country South America
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Data are given as in original description unless otherwise indicated.