title: New host and locality records of snake intestinal nematode Kalicephalus spp in Indonesia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe three species of Kalicephalus found in three species of snake (Ophiophagus 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
  Kalicephalus (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 (Costatus) 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.
authors.affiliation: Zoological Division, Research Centre on Biology-LIPI, Widyasatwaloka Building, Jl Raya Bogor Km 46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia.
authors.forename: Endang
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Purwaningsih
authors.lastname: Mumpuni
mesh_terms: D000723:Ancylostomatoidea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D000825:Animal Structures / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D000818:Animals; D049628:Body Size; D017812:Colubridae / Q000469:parasitology*; D017815:Elapidae / Q000469:parasitology*; D058507:Host Specificity; D007214:Indonesia; D007422:Intestines / Q000469:parasitology; D008297:Male
keywords: Indonesia; Intestinal nematode; Kalicephalus; New host; New record; Snakes; Strongyloidea