Morphological and molecular characterization of a new species of leech (Glossiphoniidae, Hirudinida): Implications for the health of its imperiled amphibian host (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis)

William A. Hopkins; Bill Moser; David Garst; Dennis J. Richardson; Charlotte I. Hammond; Eric A. Lazo-Wasem

doi:10.3897/zookeys.378.6545

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ZooKeys 378: 83-101
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William A. Hopkins, Jesse A. Fallon, Michelle L. Beck, Brittney H. Coe, Catherine M. B. Jachowski (2016)
Haematological and immunological characteristics of eastern hellbenders (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis) infected and co-infected with endo- and ectoparasites. Conservation Physiology 4: cow002.

DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cow002

Catherine M Bodinof Jachowski, Valentina Alaasam, Arden Blumenthal, Andrew K Davis, William A Hopkins, Rebecca Cramp (2024)
The habitat quality paradox: loss of riparian forest cover leads to decreased risk of parasitism and improved body condition in an imperiled amphibian. Conservation Physiology 12: .

DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coad101

Katherine L. Slack, Jordy Groffen, William A. Hopkins (2024)
The Influence of Environmental Conditions and Coinfection by Blood-Feeding Parasites on Red Blood Cell Physiology of an Ectothermic Host. Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology 97: 230.

DOI: 10.1086/732113

Sh. J. Hamad-Ali, L. A. Ali (2021)
Piscicola geometra (Linnaeus, 1761) leech parasitizing two fish species hosts from Greater Zab near Aski-Kalak, Kurdistan-Iraq, morphological and molecular investigations. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 761: 012113.

DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/761/1/012113

William A. Hopkins, Sarah E. DuRant, Michelle L. Beck, W. Keith Ray, Richard F. Helm, L. Michael Romero (2020)
Cortisol is the predominant glucocorticoid in the giant paedomorphic hellbender salamander (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis). General and Comparative Endocrinology 285: 113267.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2019.113267

S. E. DuRant, W. A. Hopkins, A. K. Davis, L. M. Romero (2015)
Evidence of ectoparasite-induced endocrine disruption in an imperiled giant salamander, the eastern hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis). Journal of Experimental Biology : .

DOI: 10.1242/jeb.118703

Catherine M. Bodinof Jachowski, Joshua J. Millspaugh, William A. Hopkins, David Green (2016)
Current land use is a poor predictor of hellbender occurrence: why assumptions matter when predicting distributions of data‐deficient species. Diversity and Distributions 22: 865.

DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12446

Rachel Marschang (2015)
What's New in the Scientific Literature? Infectious Diseases of Reptiles: Peer-reviewed publications, January 2014–January 2015. Journal of Herpetological Medicine and Surgery 25: 6.

DOI: 10.5818/1529-9651-25.1.6

Olivier Verneau, Sirine Melliti, Latifa Kimdil, El Hassan El Mouden, Mohamed Sghaier Achouri, Rachid Rouag (2023)
Molecular Phylogenies of Leeches and Haemoparasites Infecting Freshwater Turtles in Aquatic Ecosystems of Northern Africa Suggest Phylogenetic Congruence between Placobdella costata Sensu Lato and Haemogregarina stepanowi Sensu Lato. Microorganisms 11: 1584.

DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11061584

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