New Host Records of Snake Intestinal Nematode, Kalicephalus spp in Indonesia

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. Specimens for light microscopy examination were fixed with warm 70 persen 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. Kalicephalus costatus indicus was found from 7 Ptyas mucosus, K. bungari from 2 Naja sputatrix and 1 K.c. indicus and K. assimilis found from 1 O. hannah.The morphology and measurement of three species of Kalicephalus found in this study, are close to those described before. New finding of host of K.c. indicus and K. bungari was a snake species of Naja sputatrix. New records of locality were Kalimantan Island as the new locality of K. assimilis, and Java island was new locality of K.c. indicus. Asian Pasific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine, Vol. 1, No. 2. Hal. 121-123