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Table 3 The number of examined species of turtles and their origin
SCIENTIFIC NAME COMMON NAME NUMBER OF EXAMINED ORIGIN
Testudo hermanni Hermann’s Tortoise 279 Slovenia*
Testudo graeca Spur-thighed Tortoise 144 Lebanon**
Testudo horsfieldi Horsfield’s Tortoise 46 Slovenia*
Geochelone elegans Indian Star Tortoise 33 Slovenia*
Lissemys punctata Indian Flapshell Turtle 18 Pakistan*
Testudo marginata Marginated Tortoise 15 Slovenia*
Trachemys scripta elegans Red-eared Slider 10 Slovenia*
Emys orbicularis European Pond Turtle 6 Slovenia*
Geochelone radiata Radiated Tortoise 5 Slovenia*
Malacochersus tornieri Pancake Tortoise 3 Slovenia*
Geochelone sulcata African Spurred Tortoise 2 Slovenia*
Pyxis arachnoides Spider Tortoise 1 Slovenia*
Testudo kleinmanni Egyptian Tortoise 1 Slovenia*
13 different species 563
* Originated from Slovenia - species from breeding farms - F 1 and F 2 generation.
** Turtles were imported from reptile farms.

Table 4 Number and percentage of positive snakes in regard to infestation with different endoparasites
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF ENDOPARASITES NUMBER (%) OF POSITIVE SCIENTIFIC NAME
(eggs and/or adults) (NUMBER OF SNAKES)
Strongylid nematoda Figure 1 11 (20.4) Elaphe guttata (4)
(Kalicephalus sp. and other unidentified species) Platyceps karelini (3)
Zamenis longissimus (1)
Morelia viridis (1)
Python regius (1)
Vipera ammodytes (1)
Pentastomida Figures 2, 3, 4 (Porocephalus crotali) 6 (11.1) Platyceps karelini (3)
Platyceps ventromaculatus (1)
Python regius (1)
undetermined species (1)
Ascarid eggs 4 (7.4) Platyceps karelini (2)
Platyceps ventromaculatus (1)
Python regius (1)
Strongyloides sp. 3 (5.6) Morelia viridis (1)
Boiga trigonata (1)
undetermined species (1)
Capillaria sp. 2 (3.7) Coronella austriaca (1)
Python regius (1)
Trematod eggs 2 (3.7) Hierophis gemonensis (1)
Platyceps ventromaculatus (1)
Acanthocephala eggs 2 (3.7) Platyceps karelini (1)
undetermined species (1)
Cryptosporidium sp. Figure 5 1 (1.9) Elaphe guttata (1)
Cyclospora sp. Figures 6-and 7 1 (1.9) Platyceps karelini (1)
Nyctotherus sp. 1 (1.9) Platyceps karelini (1)
Oxyurid eggs 1 (1.9) Platyceps karelini (1)
Trichomonadidae 1 (1.8) Eryx johnii (1)
(Tetratrichomonas sp.)
Ophionyssus natricis Figure 8 1 Boa constrictor (1)
Amblyomma sp. 1 Python regius (1)