Rhabdias lamothei n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabdiasidae) from Leptodeira maculata (Colubridae) in Mexico, including new records of R. fuscovenosa (Railliet, 1899) Goodey, 1924 Author Mart, Elizabeth A. Author Nez-Salazar Author León-Règagnon, Virginia text Zootaxa 2006 1257 27 48 journal article 50554 10.5281/zenodo.173104 a5c33dc0-369b-490a-9090-5b369b22429d 1175­5326 173104

TABLE 3. Comparison of morphometry in Rhabdias lamothei n. sp., R. fuscovenosa (Railliet, 1899) Goodey, 1924, R. eustreptos (MacCallum, 1921) Chitwood and Chitwood, 1934, R. vellardi Pereira, 1928 and R. kurilensis Sharpilo, 1976.

Species	R. lamothei n. sp.	R. fuscov­ enosa	R. fuscov­ enosa	R. eustrep­ tos	R. vellardi	R. kurilensis
Reference	Present study n = 9	Present study n = 11	Baker, 1978 n = 32	Baker, 1978 n = 16	Pereira, 1928?	Sharpilo, 1976 n = 10
Host	Leptodeira maculata	Thamnophis spp.	Thamno­ phis sirtalis	Elaphe vulpina	Philodryas schotti Oxhyrropu trigeminus	Elaphe climcoph­ o r a, E. quadrivirgat a
Distribution	Mexico	Mexico	France North America¶	North American	Brazil	Russian
Body length (mm)	2.51­3.43 (2.83)	2.3­3.9 (3.3)	2.8–3.4 (3.1)	4.4­7.2 (6.3)	3.0–3.3	3.4–4.9
Body width	127­175 (149)	79­111 (105)	99­208 (165)	120­170 (146)	120­200	150­190
Vulva position	Equatorial	Slightly pre or equatorial	Equatorial	Equatorial	Equatorial	Equatorial
Length tail	124­375 (200)	116­193 (157)	138­201 (173)	107­180 (132)	130­140	180­220
Esophagus length compared to the body length*	8.36­12.46 (10.31)	7.4­8.5 (7.9)	7.5­7.1 (7.3)	5.8­4.4 (4.3)	8.6­8.18	8.2­6
Tail length com­ pared to the body length*	4.5­12.3 (7)	4.1­5.5(4.8)	4.8­6 (5.6)	2.4­2.5 (2.1)	4.3­4.2	5.3­6.5
Egg length	34­65 (53)	54­65 (59)	52­73	Viviparous	69	82­88
Egg width	27­58 (33)	19­34 (29)	31­45	Viviparous	38­46	44­55