DISTRIBUSI INFEKSI CACING PADA DIGESTIF ULAR PITON (Python reticulatus) DAN ULAR KOBRA (Naja sputatrix) DI MALANG (Dimanfaatkan Sebagai Sumber Belajaran Biologi SMA)

Nematode is a sort of parasitic species that may attack the digestive system of either venomous snakes or non-venomous snakes. The infections come to pass in tapeworm are caused by the contaminated larva stage 1, 2, or 3 found in its food and drink. There are some parasitic species which commonly come upon in the snakes‘ digestive system, namely Kalicephalus sp, Ophidascaris sp, Rhabdias sp, strongyloides sp, dan Polydhelpus sp. This current study is aimed to figure out the differences between distribution and kinds of infection occurred in the digestive system of Naja sputatrix and Python reticulatus. The stages of this study were done by selecting the snakes, finding out the parasite in digestive system, identifying parasite in Naja sputatrix and Python reticulatus widely spread in Malang regency and deciding the proper learning resource based on the findings of this study. The results have shown that there are two parasites of Ophidascaris sp inside the belly of python reticulatus and four worms of Ophidascaris sp are in the bowel discovered in the python reticulatus. Meanwhile, five parasitic worms of Kalicephalus sinensis are found in the bowel of naja sputatrix. From the data above, the mucus discovered in python reticulatus is considered more viscous than the mucus in naja sputatrix. Hence, Ophidascaris sp are able to survive in the belly of python reticulatus as it has thick crust meanwhile Kalicephalus sinensis have pellicle and transparent skin so as they may not survive in the belly of naja sputatrix. The rough-fibrous texture of python reticulatus’ bowel is used as the distribution location for Ophidascaris sp, whereas the finer texture of the naja sputatrix bowel represents the distribution location for Kalicephaus sinensis