Wound myiasis due to musca domestica [diptera: muscidae] in persian horned viper, pseudocerastes persicus [squamata: viperidae]

ABSTRACT

A case of myiasis due to Musca domestica describes in Pseudocerastes persicus for the first time. The snake was found in Bari Karafs, Kashan, Iran, with a lesion on its body. Fourteen live larvae of M. domestica removed from its wound. This is the first report of a new larval habitat of M. domestica