Raillietiella orientalis isolated from a black racer (Coluber constrictor)
The female Coluber constrictor host (snout-vent length = 102 cm) was killed by a hawk in a residential neighborhood. The female was health and in the process of follicle development. Six Raillietiellids were found in the buccal cavity at time of collection and more were emerging from the glottis. The pentastomes were alive at the time of collection and put in the freezer. At the time of dissection we counted 33 females with an average length of 54.7 mm and 28 males with an average length of 12 mm (total pentastome count = 61 pentastomes)
isolate
Ror_cc_003
host
Coluber constrictor
collection_date
2022-04-27
geo_loc_name
USA: Seminole County, Florida
tissue
Whole organism
age
60-180 days
altitude
20 m
biomaterial_provider
Reptile research lab at Stetson University
collected_by
Jenna Noel Palmisano
dev_stage
Reproductive Adults
env_broad_scale
Residential
host_tissue_sampled
Buccal cavity, lungs and viscera
identified_by
Jenna Noel Palmisano
lat_lon
28.6349263 N 81.2773628 W
sex
female
BioSampleModel
Invertebrate