Carettochelys insculpta (pig-nosed turtle). Ectoparasites

R. A. Saumure and J. S. Doody
Herpetological Review, 31, 4, 237-238

Leeches were found parasitizing pig-nosed turtles captured in the Daly River at Oolloo crossing, Northern Territory, Australia, on October 26, 1996. This leech species, Placobdelloides bancrofti, has not been collected since the original description from the host turtle Emydura krefftii in the Burnett River, Queensland, Australia. Here the authors document a new host record and range extension of P. bancrofti, and the first hirudinean parasite for Carettochelys insculpta, the pig-nosed turtle.
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